Forcing open port 80

After a long chat with my internet provider, I have found out that their serivce blocks port 80, which means no registratino or any web page hosting from wamp for me :(. Does anybody know how i can FORCE open this port 80 or is there an alternative port? If i rent a VPS can you tell me what i will need to do? Will i have to install wamp on that vps :S.

Help please. thanks <3

Your ISP blocks port 80? 0o

A VPS requires no port-forwarding, so no need to worry about blocked ports.

On another note, you can always use port 8080 [http://www.no-ip.com/support/guides/..._port_80.html]

I can use port 8080 instead of 80?

meaning i open port 8080 and get http.conf in apache to listen to 8080? and it'l work?

Yeah =) Assuming your ISP hasn't blocked that port too >_<

now when i open 8080 http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ still tells me its closed. ffs.

is there any other port besides 8080 and 80 which i can use for wamp, this fucking blows.

now i opened 3 ports, 8080tcp to 8080udp and 8080tcp standalone and 8080ucp stand alone, it works now. but now when i type my ip address or even localhost, i am unable to see my website. it puts my ip in a search instead.

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Originally Posted by lxchadxl

now i opened 3 ports, 8080tcp to 8080udp and 8080tcp standalone and 8080ucp stand alone, it works now. but now when i type my ip address or even localhost, i am unable to see my website. it puts my ip in a search instead.

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I would try to connect to a different site using the port 8080.
Like, http://www.google.com:8080

http://youiphere:8080

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Originally Posted by ownprox

http://youiphere:8080

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i do this if my apache is lisetning to 80 or listening to 8080?

Your ISP most likely blocks incoming traffic on port 80 - if you rent a VPS, this restriction shouldn't be met.