Apache Web Server can be visited from outside

arielexchile · n00b Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 4

Hi guys, i am new on this OS. I hear a lot of good comments about it. I did the installation step by step with the online manual. All was a chaos but finally i finish.

Then i did install apache web server using emerge command. All was ok until i try to visit the server

. The internet browser says the time answer has expired.

Please try to help me, thanks for all.
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jmbsvicetto · Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:37 am Post subject:

Hi.

You'll have to be a bit more verbose for us to be able to help you. Please explain better that error message and what page you're trying to open. You should also state what version of apache and which browser you're using.
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arielexchile · n00b Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 4

sorry.

Basically the problem is i can't to acces to the pages in the server, this is the address. http://arielexchile.no-ip.info/. I use Mozilla/Firefox 2, IE6, Opera and Avant Browser and all says Impossible to connect and time connection has expired.

When i access to the addres in the same server i can acces as localhost or the entire http address. I have no problems in the same machine, only when i try to access from outside
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jmbsvicetto · Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:56 am Post subject:

In that case, you can have two problems: either your apache is listening only to localhost or your network connection/router is not allowing traffic to the http port. On your server, check at the output of the following:

arielexchile · n00b Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 4

i did what you told me with this results:

When i did:
# netstat -tan | grep 80

I got:
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN

But, when i did:
# telnet http://arielexchile.no-ip.info:80

I got:
telnet: could not resolve http://arielexchile.no-ip.info:80/telnet: Name or service not known

What that mean?. Thanks
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jmbsvicetto · Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:20 am Post subject:

arielexchile · n00b Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 4

i think my software is updating DNS information. i think that because if a do a ping to http://arielexchile.no-ip.info the server answer me.

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swooshOnLn · Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:49 am Post subject:

insted of using your DynDNS IP, use the one that you see under "ifconfig <your_network_device". If you are behind a router/such, retrieve your IP address via its status page, or any "what is my ip?" page on google.

If you get no response from your DNS server, chances are that your IP changed and it needs to be updated to your new WAN ip. However, if its a server problem denying access, thats a different story. Does http://127.0.0.1 work?
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