RE: [webmin-l] Webmin Servers, Broadcast/scan

[GX <gx...@1b...>]

At 12:22 PM 2/15/2006, you wrote:

>Jamie:
>
>Thanks for the clarification.  I took the time to try this out and I
>find that both broadcast and scan only want to work if the UDP port on
>the servers is set to 10000.  My non standard port won't work there.  I
>see the UDP listener in place on the desired port using netstat, but it
>still doesn't seem to work.
>
>Another minor issue: if your servers are multihomed and listen on all
>interfaces, the broadcast option finds them on all interfaces and adds
>multiple instances of the same machine.  I understand this is probably
>because they appear to be different based on IP - but they do report the
>same server name.  I wonder if it's worth de-duping on name, or at least
>prompting for confirmation before adding when more than one with the
>same name was found.
>
>Neither of these are show-stoppers, but maybe you'd want to add them to
>your list of future fixes...
>
>As always, thanks for your support and the great software!
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Neal Morgan
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: web...@li...
>[mailto:web...@li...] On Behalf Of Jamie
>Cameron
>Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 3:04 PM
>To: web...@li...
>Subject: Re: [webmin-l] Webmin Servers, Broadcast/scan
>
>
><snip>
>
>Hi Neal,
>Webmin actually listens on two ports, which by default are port 10000
>TCP
>and 10000 UDP. The first is for the actual HTTP connections, while the
>second
>is for accepting broadcasts from other Webmin servers. They are actually
>configured
>separately on the 'Ports and Addresses' page of the 'Webmin
>Configuration' module.
>
>When sending a broadcast, Webmin will send to the same port number that
>it listens
>on itself.
>
>  - Jamie

So if I set my Webmin servers on non-standard ports as a default and 
open the same UDP port, It'll work?

Thanks,
Glenn