running multisite on Port 8080

Hi Keesimeijer:
I have followed the instructions to the best of my knowledge. I’m still having problems with “Multisite only works without the port number in the URL.” The wordpress multisite files are in htdocs.
I’m presently trying to configure my server which is in Canada while I’m in the UK so I can’t test localhost.

Below is my /etc/hosts file and /opt/lammp/etc/httpd.conf file info.

#added by andrew to allow port 8080 on wordpress multisite
<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs"
    ServerName localhost
    ServerAlias localhost
    <Directory "/opt/lampp/htdocs">
        AllowOverride all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs"
    ServerName marton
    ServerAlias marton
    <Directory "/opt/lampp/htdocs">
        AllowOverride all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 marton
192.168.1.109 marton.cc.shawcable.net marton

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

Don’t seem to be getting much of a response to my problem so I’ll try a different tack. I read somewhere that later versions of WordPress allow port 8080.
I plan on installing the new WordPress 3.8 on my server using port 8080. If that works will then try multisite and hopefully that will work.
I have looked at the wp-settings.php file and it shows that if any other port than 80 & 443 will generate an error.

My question now is, will 3.8 multisite work on port 8080??

Hi Mika:
I’ve exhausted all my options and you are correct, it won’t work on 8080.
The reason I can’t get on port 80 is my ISP has decided in their wisdom to block 80, so 8080 was my only option to get around this. All my other sites work ok, only wordpress multisite fails

Thanks anyway

over and out

My server is in Canada and is located at a friends house while I’m in the UK. I only planned being here 3 months and now almost a year. He changed ISP and they now block port 80.
When this happened I tried to add a second router (talking him thro’ this on Skype) on DMZ but this didn’t help so abandoned that idea.
So reverted back to using the Telus modem/router with Port 8080.
He can’t access multisite using local host or even the direct LAN ip address.
I can’t access it from the UK either
Andrew

sound advice but can’t change isp. I’ll just have to get it sorted back to my isp when i get back to canada in spring.

thanks anyway