"Jeff Dunlap" <JeffDunlap@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm a Windows 2000 Server user and I will be moving to Windows 2003 Web
> Ed.
> I've read that the W2003 handles user isolation unlike W2000 Server's FTP
> service.
>
> Does W2003's FTP service allow you to handle multiple domains even though
> I
> only have a single IP Address or does each domain require its own IP
> Address?
>
> Thank you

"Jeff Dunlap" <JeffDunlap@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Rick,
>
> It appears that there are some limitations with the FTP service when you
> are
> trying to share a single IP address. Here is the error message that I
> received:
>
> "This site cannot be started because another site running on this computer
> is already using the IP address and TCP port values that you have
> specified
> for this site.
> Please change either the IP address or the TCP port values for this site."
>
> It looks like you have to use different ports if you plan to share an IP
> address when working with W2003s FTP service.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jeff

"Rick Barber" <rick@orcsweb.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Jeff,
>
> Correct, each FTP site has to have a unique IP address. I alluded to that
> in my initial response in that you could either use a single site and
> virtual directories, or a separate site and IP address for each FTP site.
> If you are trying to setup a site using virtual directories like I
> mentioned, then you would need to stop any site using that IP address,
> which is most likely the default FTP site.
>
> --
> Rick Barber
>
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>
> "Jeff Dunlap" <JeffDunlap@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:58BCFA6F-0A9E-4038-95A1-82F0B1150ED8@microsoft.com...
>> Hi Rick,
>>
>> It appears that there are some limitations with the FTP service when you
>> are
>> trying to share a single IP address. Here is the error message that I
>> received:
>>
>> "This site cannot be started because another site running on this
>> computer
>> is already using the IP address and TCP port values that you have
>> specified
>> for this site.
>> Please change either the IP address or the TCP port values for this
>> site."
>>
>> It looks like you have to use different ports if you plan to share an IP
>> address when working with W2003s FTP service.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Jeff
>
>