Hello,
it looks as though 1.0.2 GA does not pick the default value for AdvertiseBindAddress and listens on random port each time whereas the documentation claims it defaults to the same setup as the AS part default setup.

The docs say: AdvertiseBindAddress IP:port: That is the address and port httpd is bind to send the multicast messages. This allow to specify an address on multi IP address boxes. Default: 0.0.0.0:23364

Here is the different starts/stops and ports, below the host config without ABA set.

[rhusar@rhusar modcluster]$ netstat -lpn | grep http
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
tcp 0 0 :::8888 :::* LISTEN 19610/httpd
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:60958 0.0.0.0:* 19610/httpd
[rhusar@rhusar modcluster]$ netstat -lpn | grep http
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
tcp 0 0 :::8888 :::* LISTEN 19648/httpd
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:34758 0.0.0.0:* 19648/httpd
[rhusar@rhusar modcluster]$ netstat -lpn | grep http
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
tcp 0 0 :::8888 :::* LISTEN 19676/httpd
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:58988 0.0.0.0:* 19676/httpd

<VirtualHost *:8888>
KeepAliveTimeout 60
MaxKeepAliveRequests 0
ManagerBalancerName mycluster
AdvertiseFrequency 5

1. File a Jira - not in sync with docs
2. http://www.jboss.org/mod_cluster/native/config.html
3. AdvertiseBindAddress 0.0.0.0:23364
   </VirtualHost>