>>>Are you behind a firewall? VFUG is found using IP port 8080 instead of 80. This is another HTTP port but some firewall admins may not have opened it.
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>>Why would VFUG have used a non-standard port?
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>It used to be worse. A while back they were using some off-the-wall port (72??)and that really messed everyone up. Port 8080 is recognized as an HTTP port by the powers-that-be so it's not that unusual.
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>As for what Michel posted, they have been using port 8080 since they fixed the above problem so I'm not sure how temporary it is. Oh well.
I spoke with him on the phone the other Saturday. This is what I understood. I personally thing it's unusual to use that port. That's the feeling I received as well and they might fix it shortly.