automatic redirecting??

ok my apache 2 server was running fine. now all of a sudden it is
redirecting to the lan ip.
eg i have http://203.173.6.6 and it will redirect to http://1.2.3.12 or
http://computername
this is frustrating for people that vis it the WAN IP which i have mapped to
the lan ip *.*.*.12
i dont think i have changed anything, it just started happening 2 days ago,
then i did something, and it stopped, now it is back to haunt me
thanks in advance

f00l
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destroy all evidence you ever tried....."

f00l wrote:

> my apache 2 server was running fine. now all of a sudden it is
> redirecting to the lan ip.

> i have http://203.173.6.6 and it will redirect to http://1.2.3.12

> i dont think i have changed anything, it just started happening 2 days ago,
> then i did something, and it stopped, now it is back to haunt me

Keep meticulous notes on changes you make, regardless of
how minor. Doing so will not leave you in a position of
"I did something" and not being recall what you did.

I keep a clipboard with notepaper and a pencil in front
of our machines to remind me to make notes.

Use only an official Number 2 pencil.

Some notes on WAN / LAN ip address structures.

When running a webserver, always use static ip address
assignments. Configure each machine for a static address
and turn off your DHCP server within your router and
within any DHCP hosting machine, if appropriate.

Router, no DHCP server. For a DHCP host machine,
this depends on your LAN physical layout.

Using DHCP will change machine addresses frequently;
first machine booted, receives the first assignment,
second, the next and so forth. Otherwords, machine
addresses will change depending on boot order which
can cause conflicts. Machine "names" remain the same
but ip addresses change.

It is exceptionally common for your server access log
to reflect LAN addresses instead of your WAN address.
For many, possibly most routers, when an http request
is made by a LAN machine, that request is _not_ sent
out to the internet, it is simply routed LAN locally,
when you are running a public webserver, or other
services such as email and dns.

Assign static addresses to your machines, turn off
any DHCP server running, then test. Your problems
should vanish.

Do remember to keep meticulous notes as you do this.


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Thaks Purl Gurl for the advice on keeping a changelog
but i think my windows installation has hit the wierd factor...
ok well for some reason it is not redirecting anynore...even though i havent
changed anything this time..other than restart. posible bug?

f00l
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" If at first you dont succeed,
destroy all evidence you ever tried....."


"Purl Gurl" <purlgurl@purlgurl.net> wrote in message
news:40D1D75D.D4F52D6E@purlgurl.net...
> f00l wrote:
>
> > my apache 2 server was running fine. now all of a sudden it is
> > redirecting to the lan ip.
>
> > i have http://203.173.6.6 and it will redirect to http://1.2.3.12
>
> > i dont think i have changed anything, it just started happening 2 days
ago,
> > then i did something, and it stopped, now it is back to haunt me
>
> Keep meticulous notes on changes you make, regardless of
> how minor. Doing so will not leave you in a position of
> "I did something" and not being recall what you did.
>
> I keep a clipboard with notepaper and a pencil in front
> of our machines to remind me to make notes.
>
> Use only an official Number 2 pencil.
>
> Some notes on WAN / LAN ip address structures.
>
> When running a webserver, always use static ip address
> assignments. Configure each machine for a static address
> and turn off your DHCP server within your router and
> within any DHCP hosting machine, if appropriate.
>
> Router, no DHCP server. For a DHCP host machine,
> this depends on your LAN physical layout.
>
> Using DHCP will change machine addresses frequently;
> first machine booted, receives the first assignment,
> second, the next and so forth. Otherwords, machine
> addresses will change depending on boot order which
> can cause conflicts. Machine "names" remain the same
> but ip addresses change.
>
> It is exceptionally common for your server access log
> to reflect LAN addresses instead of your WAN address.
> For many, possibly most routers, when an http request
> is made by a LAN machine, that request is _not_ sent
> out to the internet, it is simply routed LAN locally,
> when you are running a public webserver, or other
> services such as email and dns.
>
> Assign static addresses to your machines, turn off
> any DHCP server running, then test. Your problems
> should vanish.
>
> Do remember to keep meticulous notes as you do this.
>
>
> Purl Gurl
> --
> Amazing Perl Scripts!
> http://www.purlgurl.net/~callgirl/android.html