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MonitorMagic
To begin the activation of the MonitorMagic web service you must select a machine in
MonitorMagic's network browse window. The machine you select must have the MonitorMagic
service installed. Once the machine is selected right click it and select the option "Configure
WebService." You will presented with the following dialog box:
The general tab of the "Configure MonitorMagic WebService" dialog box gives some information
on the status of the MonitorMagic web service. The figure above shows that the MonitorMagic
web service is running on computer Kraken with the HTTP service running on port 81 and the
HTTPS service running on port 443, these are the defaults. When you first see this dialog box the
HTTP and HTTPS service status will be "not running," and the MonitorMagic computer field will
show the name of the machine that you are configuring the web service for.
Port numbers:
Every piece of software or hardware that uses TCP/IP (transfer control protocol/Internet protocol)
connects to its' destination target via a port number. There are 65,535 TCP/IP ports and you can
use a web browser to connect to the MonitorMagic web service on almost any one you desire.
The two stipulations are that the MonitorMagic web service must be listening on the same port
number that you're connecting to and you can't use a port number that is in use by something
else. For example SMTP email is sent over port 25 and pop3 email is received over port 110.
Check the Internet for a listing of commonly used ports.
How to connect to the MonitorMagic web service:
Connecting to the MonitorMagic web service is easy. This is done by entering a URL into the
address bar of a web browser. The figure above will serve as an example. The name of the
machine that runs the web service is Kraken and it is listening for HTTP on port 81 and for
HTTPS on port 443. The machine Kraken has an IP address of 192.168.1.53. If you do not know
the IP address of a machine you can find it out by executing the following command from a
command prompt: "ping machine name". By pinging the name of the machine you will see the
machine name resolve to an IP address. Knowing the name of the machine that runs the
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