my webserver cannot be seen from outside my network
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06-26-2005
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my webserver cannot be seen from outside my network
I'm setting up a webserver for the first time so I'm not too familiar
with it all. I've gotten apache 2.0 up and running on my win xp pc. the problem is computers outside my network cannot access my webpage. i'm routing ports 80 and 8080 to the pc running apache and even made it DMZ to see if that works but nothing. I also disabled the windows Firewall. I can see that when I send a request from my phone my windows network monitor lights up (perhaps an indicator that the request was routed properly) but I can't figure out why I can't see the pages outside my net. (And I've tried with PC's outside my net and get 'Website not responding' error.) localhost -> works from inside my net localhost:80 -> works from inside my net www.rstaxpract.com (my yahoo domain name which is routed to my IP) -> works from inside my net Also note that if you try the domain you might think that you reached my computer but that is yahoo's html being displayed when you try 67.83.6.179 my IP's address nothing will work. Any help would be really appreciated. Thank you. |
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06-26-2005
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Re: my webserver cannot be seen from outside my network
jsantos8 wrote: > www.rstaxpract.com (my yahoo domain name which is routed to my IP) As a side note, that isn't really the case. Rather, Yahoo seems to use some kind of frameset kludge. www.rstaxpract.com. 600 IN CNAME premium.geo.yahoo.akadns.net. premium.geo.yahoo.akadns.net. 300 IN A 66.218.79.181 premium.geo.yahoo.akadns.net. 300 IN A 66.218.79.182 premium.geo.yahoo.akadns.net. 300 IN A 66.218.79.184 premium.geo.yahoo.akadns.net. 300 IN A 66.218.79.188 premium.geo.yahoo.akadns.net. 300 IN A 66.218.79.170 premium.geo.yahoo.akadns.net. 300 IN A 66.218.79.171 premium.geo.yahoo.akadns.net. 300 IN A 66.218.79.175 premium.geo.yahoo.akadns.net. 300 IN A 66.218.79.180 $ telnet www.rstaxpract.com 80 Trying 66.218.79.184... Connected to www.rstaxpract.com. Escape character is '^]'. GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: www.rstaxpract.com HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 09:56:19 GMT P3P: policyref="http://p3p.yahoo.com/w3c/p3p.xml", CP="CAO DSP COR CUR ADM DEV TAI PSA PSD IVAi IVDi CONi TELo OTPi OUR DELi SAMi OTRi UNRi PUBi IND PHY ONL UNI PUR FIN COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA POL HEA PRE GOV" Content-length: 266 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html <html><head><title>rstaxpract.com</title></head><frameset rows="*,45" scrolling="yes" border="0"><frame src="http://67.83.6.179"><frame src="http://webhosting.yahoo.com/forward.html" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></frameset></html>Connection closed by foreign host. > when you try > 67.83.6.179 my IP's address nothing will work. Look for a firewall, router, or other packet filter between yourself and the Internet. Thor -- http://www.anta.net/OH2GDF |
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06-26-2005
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Re: my webserver cannot be seen from outside my network
On 26 Jun 2005 01:33:52 -0700, "jsantos8" <jsantos8@optonline.net>
wrote: >I'm setting up a webserver for the first time so I'm not too familiar >with it all. >I've gotten apache 2.0 up and running on my win xp pc. >the problem is computers outside my network cannot access my webpage. >i'm routing ports 80 and 8080 to the pc running apache and even made it >DMZ to see if that works but nothing. I also disabled the windows >Firewall. You HAVE set these back, haven't you? Running DMS and no firewall is not a good thing. >I can see that when I send a request from my phone my windows network >monitor lights up (perhaps an indicator that the request was routed >properly) but I can't figure out why I can't see the pages outside my >net. (And I've tried with PC's outside my net and get 'Website not >responding' error.) > >localhost -> works from inside my net > >localhost:80 -> works from inside my net > >www.rstaxpract.com (my yahoo domain name which is routed to my IP) -> >works from inside my net Isn't it nice of Yahoo to add their ad at the bottom of the frame? If you use Godaddy or any number of other domain name sellers for this, you won't have that problem. > >Also note that if you try the domain you might think that you reached >my computer but that is yahoo's html being displayed when you try >67.83.6.179 my IP's address nothing will work. > >Any help would be really appreciated. Thank you. Check the Listen parameter in the httpd.conf file. If you're running virtual hosts, check the VirtualHost lines also. Try Listen 80, not 80 at an IP address. If you have Listen 67.83.6.179:80, then that WON'T work -- the request is showing up with your local network IPaddress:80, e.g. 192.168.1.10:80 Is your cable ISP giving you a static IP address? If not, you might want to use one of the dynamic DNS systems - some are paid and some free. Terry My website: http://www.terrystockdale.com My weekly newsletter: http://www.terryscomputertips.com |
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06-26-2005
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Re: my webserver cannot be seen from outside my network
Thanks for the replies. And yes of course I disabled DMZ I just have
the port 80 forwarded to my PC. In my httpd.conf I've set the following Listen 80 ServerName www.rstaxpract.com HostnameLookups On Also I think it is a problem with my PC because like I said when I access it from outside my net (like with my phone) by IP, I still see the network icon (in the taskbar notification area) light up as if my computer's communicating but then gives up and I get an error saying 'Website not responding' from my phone. So I think the ports are being forwarded but something's preventing my PC from completing the request. |
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06-26-2005
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Re: my webserver cannot be seen from outside my network
also, since turning hostnamelookups on
I see the following: linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:36:40 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 3314 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:36:40 -0400] "GET /css/firefox.css HTTP/1.1" 304 - linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:36:40 -0400] "GET /img/rstaxpract_com.gif HTTP/1.1" 304 - linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:36:40 -0400] "GET /img/apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.1" 304 - linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:36:40 -0400] "GET /img/efile.gif HTTP/1.1" 304 - linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:36:40 -0400] "GET /css/img/rstaxpract_com.png HTTP/1.1" 404 300 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:36:42 -0400] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 285 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:36:55 -0400] "GET /img/ul.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 338 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:36:55 -0400] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 285 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:22 -0400] "GET /css/img/rstaxpract_com.png HTTP/1.1" 404 300 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:22 -0400] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 285 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:27 -0400] "GET /index.php?page=login HTTP/1.1" 200 3828 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:27 -0400] "GET /css/img/rstaxpract_com.png HTTP/1.1" 404 300 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:27 -0400] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 285 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:28 -0400] "GET /css/img/rstaxpract_com.png HTTP/1.1" 404 300 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:28 -0400] "GET /index.php?page=main HTTP/1.1" 200 3314 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:29 -0400] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 285 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:34 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 3314 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:34 -0400] "GET /css/img/rstaxpract_com.png HTTP/1.1" 404 300 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:46 -0400] "GET /index.php?page=main HTTP/1.1" 200 3314 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:47 -0400] "GET /css/img/rstaxpract_com.png HTTP/1.1" 404 300 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:47 -0400] "GET /css/img/rstaxpract_com.png HTTP/1.1" 404 300 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:47 -0400] "GET /index.php?page=login HTTP/1.1" 200 3828 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:48 -0400] "GET /index.php?page=products HTTP/1.1" 200 3436 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:48 -0400] "GET /css/img/rstaxpract_com.png HTTP/1.1" 404 300 linksys - - [26/Jun/2005:16:39:48 -0400] "GET /css/img/ul.gif HTTP/1.1" 404 288 which if I'm correct means that the requests are getting routed properly to my PC, but then something weird happens and the request doesn't get served. Can someone give me a link to where I can find out what all the error codes mean please. |
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06-26-2005
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Re: my webserver cannot be seen from outside my network
ok disregard the last msg this is what comes up when I access it
through my local pc. other pc's don't show up on this list at all. I've also disabled 'Block Anonymous Internet Requests' in my Linksys router and still no dice. |
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06-27-2005
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Re: my webserver cannot be seen from outside my network
Although we appear to have totally different broadband systems, (I'm on
DSL) with different router manufacturers. Your situation sounds just like the problem I had accomplishing the same thing on my computer. I'm not entirely sure how I "fixed" the problem, but for me, it seemed to disappear after I changed my WinXP "Local area Connection">"Internet Protocol (TCP-IP) Properties from "Obtain an IP automatically" to "use the following address automatically" and specifying the ip, subnet, and default gateway to what I thought my router was already assigning to the server machine, anyway... then I also permanantly afixed the two primary DNS servers to the ones deligated from my ISP. Immediately afterward, I was able to look from the outside in. Again, I'm not sure why... but hey, it's working. Good luck. P.S. If you have an anti-virus suite with a firewall built in, it may need to have an exception added for Apache.exe jsantos8 wrote: > ok disregard the last msg this is what comes up when I access it > through my local pc. other pc's don't show up on this list at all. > I've also disabled 'Block Anonymous Internet Requests' in my Linksys > router and still no dice. |
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06-29-2005
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Re: my webserver cannot be seen from outside my network
Ok problem somewhat resolved:
httpd.conf < Listen 8082 ServerName IP:8082 > hosts < my_external_ip localhost > It turns out Optonline sux and won't let you run servers on the standard port 80. Something odd happens now though, I can't see the server from the pc running it anymore but visible outside. Kinda weird but I'm not too concerned since I already know whats there. However if anyone knows why this is happening let me know. |
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