To configure the WMS HTTP Server Control Protocol plug-in

1. In the console tree, click the server for which you want to configure the plug-in.
2. In the details pane, click the Properties tab.
3. In Category, click Control protocol.
4. In the Windows Media Services snap-in, in Plug-in, click WMS HTTP Server Control Protocol, and then click Properties.

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   In Windows Media Services Administrator for the Web, click WMS HTTP Server Control Protocol.

   WMS HTTP Server Control Protocol Properties appears.

5. Do one of the following:

   To	Do this
   Allow all of the IP addresses on your server to use HTTP when streaming content	Click Allow all IP addresses to use this protocol.
   Allow only those IP addresses you select in the IP address list to use HTTP when streaming content	Click Allow selected IP addresses to use this protocol, and then in the IP address list, click the IP addresses that will use the HTTP protocol.

   
   
6. Do one of the following:

   To	Do this
   Use the default HTTP port	Click Use default port (80).
   Specify a different port to use with HTTP	Click Use other port (1-65535), and then type the port you want to use in the space provided.

   
   
7. In the details pane, click Enable.

Notes

• Changes made to this plug-in are applied to new client connection requests only. Clients that are already connected to the server are not affected.
• Attempting to use Windows Media Services and a Web service such as Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) concurrently on a server can cause conflicts because both services attempt to bind to port 80 by default. You can avoid port conflicts by assigning Windows Media Services to a different port or by creating additional IP addresses so that each service can use port 80 on a separate IP address.
• Windows Media Services supports Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). IPv6 is the newest version of the Internet Protocol and was designed to accommodate increasing demand for unique IP addresses. IPv6 increases the IP address size from 32 bits to 128 bits to support more levels of addressing hierarchy and a greater number of addressable nodes. Not all networks are configured to use IPv6, but Windows Media Services will automatically use IPv6 when it is available. For more information about IPv6, refer to the IPv6 page at the Microsoft Web site.

Related topics

• To add IP addresses to resolve port 80 conflicts
• To enable HTTP streaming
• Using the HTTP protocol
• Work with plug-ins