Question : Sharepoint|IIS| Web Application port number

Hi,

Whenever we create a new application pool using central admin, it asks to specify the port number. If i specify the port number as 80 (default) , i am able to access the site collectio under it using url e.g. http://test.com
But if i specify the some other port number e.g. 100, i always need to specify the port number within the url i.e. http://test1:100

I know this happens because by default 80 is the web port, but is there a way where i can access this application hosted on port 100 without specifying port number in url e.g. doing some mapping in DNS or alternate access mapping.

I am planning to create 5 different application pools (for each dept.)  and all site collections within that dept will reside inside its specific application pool (Failover strategy: is one application pool fails due to some issue, others keep on working)

I have hosted 1 application pool on port 80, now other application pools have to be hosted on different ports, but that leads to putting port number in url ( which i want to avoid)

Any ideas on how this can be achieved.

Regards,
Amit

Answer : Sharepoint|IIS| Web Application port number

You can only do this if you assign a different hostheader name to each site. Then you can access the site with the name and leave the port out of it.

Regards
Marco