Which webserver is CF tied to? Typically, when running in
standard or mult-server mode, you won't use any non-standard port.
You would have CF configured to run on top of Apache or IIS, which
would serve the templates up over the web standard port 80 for http
traffic. The port number applied to a specific instance is the port
connection between the webserver and CF/JRun instance. Aside from
webserver config you also have to take into consideration DNS. For
instance, I have several sites configured within Apache, many
pointing to different CF instances (with their own ports per
instance), but they all run through port 80 to the browser. I have
to configure my system's host file to view the sites (dev only
stuff) from the server, as they aren't listed on any DNS server.
You shouldn't have any issue running dual NICs on your
server. In fact we have three on one server. Your routing will be
defined by the IP settings you apply to each NIC, how your switch
may be setup, how DNS is directing traffic, and the configuration
of your webserver. Disabling your LAN NIC shouldn't have killed
your web content, unless your webserver is improperly setup to use
it's IP block.