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Support - Changing Which Web Server to Login to (For Diagnostic Testing)
Question
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367
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Date Created
3/9/2009 9:17:37 AM
Date Updated
3/17/2015 9:41:28 AM
How does a login get assigned to a specific server? How does one change servers to check on server specific issues?
Answer
The methodology of a persons login and the server it potentially is assigned is random. Assignment is not by a single IP but by a block of IP's with commonalities. For example if 123.45.67.89 gets assigned a server, then all IP's of the pattern 123.45.67.* are also matched to the same server.

You can use the following link to find out which specific server someone is connecting to: http://www.payrollservers.us/hostid.htm

There are usually only two ways for a login to change servers.

One would be to reboot the server in which case the servers will start reassigning IP's upon login.

The other way would be to direct your login via a URL to a specific server based on the port assignment.

To get to a specific web server, simply type in:

TimeWorks:

https://www.payrollservers.us:4471/sc - will log into Server #71
https://www.payrollservers.us:4472/sc - will log into Server #72
https://www.payrollservers.us:4473/sc - will log into Server #73
https://www.payrollservers.us:4474/sc - will log into Server #74
https://www.payrollservers.us:4475/sc - will log into Server #75
https://www.payrollservers.us:4476/sc - will log into Server #76
https://www.payrollservers.us:4477/sc - will log into Server #77
https://www.payrollservers.us:4479/sc - will log into Server #79
https://www.payrollservers.us:4480/sc - will log into Server #80
https://www.payrollservers.us:4481/sc - will log into Server #81
https://www.payrollservers.us:4482/sc - will log into Server #82
https://www.payrollservers.us:4483/sc - will log into Server #83
https://www.payrollservers.us:4484/sc - will log into Server #84


TimeWorks Plus:

https://www.payrollservers.us:4471/pg - will log into Server #71
https://www.payrollservers.us:4472/pg - will log into Server #72
https://www.payrollservers.us:4473/pg - will log into Server #73
https://www.payrollservers.us:4474/pg - will log into Server #74
https://www.payrollservers.us:4475/pg - will log into Server #75
https://www.payrollservers.us:4476/pg - will log into Server #76
https://www.payrollservers.us:4477/pg - will log into Server #77
https://www.payrollservers.us:4479/pg - will log into Server #79
https://www.payrollservers.us:4480/pg - will log into Server #80
https://www.payrollservers.us:4481/pg - will log into Server #81
https://www.payrollservers.us:4482/pg - will log into Server #82
https://www.payrollservers.us:4483/pg - will log into Server #83
https://www.payrollservers.us:4484/pg - will log into Server #84

For the WebClock it would be the same as it usually is but with the port assignment:

WebClock 1.0:

https://www.payrollservers.us:4440/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #10 (Used to Test for Errors)
https://www.payrollservers.us:4471/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #71
https://www.payrollservers.us:4472/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #72
https://www.payrollservers.us:4473/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #73
https://www.payrollservers.us:4474/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #74
https://www.payrollservers.us:4475/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #75
https://www.payrollservers.us:4476/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #76
https://www.payrollservers.us:4477/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #77
https://www.payrollservers.us:4479/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #79
https://www.payrollservers.us:4480/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #80
https://www.payrollservers.us:4481/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #81
https://www.payrollservers.us:4482/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #82
https://www.payrollservers.us:4483/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #83
https://www.payrollservers.us:4484/sc/clock/webclock.asp - will log into Server #84



WebClock 2.0:

https://www.payrollservers.us:4440/webclock - will log into Server #10 (Used to Test for Errors)
https://www.payrollservers.us:4471/webclock - will log into Server #71
https://www.payrollservers.us:4472/webclock - will log into Server #72
https://www.payrollservers.us:4473/webclock - will log into Server #73
https://www.payrollservers.us:4474/webclock - will log into Server #74
https://www.payrollservers.us:4475/webclock - will log into Server #75
https://www.payrollservers.us:4476/webclock - will log into Server #76
https://www.payrollservers.us:4477/webclock - will log into Server #77
https://www.payrollservers.us:4479/webclock - will log into Server #79
https://www.payrollservers.us:4480/webclock - will log into Server #80
https://www.payrollservers.us:4481/webclock - will log into Server #81
https://www.payrollservers.us:4485/webclock - will log into Server #82
https://www.payrollservers.us:4476/webclock - will log into Server #83
https://www.payrollservers.us:4476/webclock - will log into Server #84


The normal SSL TCP port is 443. For each machine.

To make sure you got to the correct server once logged click on the 'Administration' link in the side bar and at the bottom it should say:

'Serving you today: Server #x (installed...)'

The 'x' being the number server you logged into and the '...' being the install date of the server.

NOTE: You MUST use HTTPS not HTTP or it won't work.

*NOTE: If you are already logged in you can use the above address to switch servers without having to log back out again.

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