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I have a virtual server via a web hosting package. To connect to the servers GUI (ie, the administrator panel) I have to enter the servers IP address with the port number at the end, as such:
111.111.111.111:1085
This is fine at home, but Ive recently discovered most ports are blocked on my works firewall and so I can't connect to anything that needs a port number specifying.
So my question is - is there a way of eliminating the need for my PC, the companies Proxy server and the companies Firewall to know it needs to be accessed via a seperate port? Perhaps for me to access the server via port 80, and let my server do the background work to get the data from port 1085?
My ideal situation would be to be able to just enter it as www.example.com/adminpanel or something similar. Failing that, a subdomain (admin.example.com) or even a completely seperate domain name if thats what it takes?
Is this even possible? If yes, could you give any tips? Perhaps even a couple of phrases to search on on Google to find the answer. I'm struggling at the moment because I think I'm using the wrong terminology to explain what I'm after - plus I'm not even sure if its possible!
Another possibility would be to use a third server (your own PC or a public proxy server) to do this, but it's likely that most public proxies are set up to use port 80 (only) for HTTP. It might be worth some investigation, though.
Jim
Thanks a lot for the info
