RE: FN-FORUM: Netgear FA311 drivers for Linux

date posted 25th June 2003 19:05

Carrie wrote, quoting me:
>> SSL and non-SSL services are always on two different ports.
>> If (as I understand it) you're 'setting it to secure' and then
>> connecting to port 10000 via http and 'getting the message',
>> then the SSL service *must* be running on another port.
>> Try netstat to find which it is?
>
> the docs say that when you turn on SSL your browser will be
> redirected to the secure bit. the browser just hangs then

Almost certainly that then. It'll be redirecting you to the correct SSL
port, but the firewall won't let you past.

> netstat reports this:
> (snip)

Damn my inexplicitness! You want the one that shows 'listening' ports;
'netstat -al' OTOH.

- Nick Grimshaw
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