port not LISTEN to my application

[unix55]

Hi,

i want to open this port 7286 from my PC to my server (11.31) to run "IBM WebSphere Application" . because when i check by this command

# netstat -na | grep -i listen

nothing appear and by

# telnet servername 7286

....Could not open connection to the host

but other port it's work as 9080

and i opened the firewall between my pc and server

How to resolve this issue ?

Thanks

[Matti_Kurkela]

Make sure your application is configured to use port 7286, and then start it.

The ports won't listen to applications: they will listen for incoming network connections when an application has commanded them to listen. A port cannot be open with no application commanding it.