Title: network error messgae
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# network error messgae

 *  [Jay Eaton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jay-eaton/)
 * (@jay-eaton)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-error-messgae/)
 * I get an error message when I try to set up a network and I dont know how to 
   fix it
    Error: You cannot install a network of sites with your server address.
   You can not use port numbers such as :49624
 * How can I change this. I have this ste up on a local host on a windows7 server.
 * I am new at this and I need some one to help this newbie

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-error-messgae/#post-2047558)
 * You need to change your localhost port to 80
 * You cannot use any other port number.
 *  Thread Starter [Jay Eaton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jay-eaton/)
 * (@jay-eaton)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-error-messgae/#post-2047559)
 * thank you for the quick reply BUT in the directions “create a network” it says
   wordpress uses a port number other than ‘:80′,’:443′.
    Anyway where do I go to
   change the port to 80? what file do I look for to change?
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-error-messgae/#post-2047617)
 * > You **cannot **create a network in the following cases:
   >  * “WordPress address (URL)” is different from “Site address (URL)”.
   >  * “WordPress
   > address (URL)” uses a port number other than ‘:80’, ‘:443’.
 * Please read the full sentence.
 * in plain english, this means you *must* use port 80 (windows) or port 443 (Macs).
 * Rather than messing with your port number, note the first message you got which
   was
 * > You cannot install a network of sites with your server address.
 * Make a fake domain name in your hosts file. Use that for the install.
 *  Thread Starter [Jay Eaton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jay-eaton/)
 * (@jay-eaton)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-error-messgae/#post-2047637)
 * Thank you Andrea…….
 *  Thread Starter [Jay Eaton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jay-eaton/)
 * (@jay-eaton)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-error-messgae/#post-2047722)
 * I still need to know how to change the port to 80
    Sorry guys I am green at this
   but I will make it up
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-error-messgae/#post-2047729)
 * Even if you change the port number, you cannot use it in the address for multisite.
 * Do what I said – make a fake domain in the hosts file. So it’s localhost.something,
   or cake.pie, or my.machine. Or mysite.loc.
 *  Thread Starter [Jay Eaton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jay-eaton/)
 * (@jay-eaton)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-error-messgae/#post-2047808)
 * I am having trouble making a fake site
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-error-messgae/#post-2047810)
 * [http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/using-a-hosts-file/](http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/using-a-hosts-file/)

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## Tags

 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [network](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/network/)
 * [ports](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ports/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 8 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-error-messgae/#post-2047810)
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