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Disable socket pooling (server)

If you have multiple IP addresses assigned to your computer and install IIS, the Web server will

bind and listen to all IP addresses even if you use only one address. This feature, called socket

pooling, can become unwanted because it basically reserves port 80 on all IP addresses on your

computer. Socket pooling can be a problem if you want to install another Web server to handle the

request on port 80 on another IP. Fortunately, you can disable this behavior.



Here's how to disable socket pooling:



Open the Command Prompt and go to the \Inetpub\Adminscripts folder.

Type "cscript adsutil.vbs set w3svc/disablesocketpooling true." (Note that there are no spaces in

"w3svc/disablesocketpooling.")

If the socket polling has been successfully disabled, you would see "disablesocketpooling :

(BOOLEAN) True."

Type "net stop iisadmin." When prompted whether you want to stop WWW publishing service,

answer Yes.

Type "net start iisadmin."

Type "net start w3svc."

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