Server issues with cable Internet

ryan83vt · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 5:52 pm Post subject: Server issues with cable Internet

I don't know exactly how else to describe this problem. Ever since I moved to my apt. using cable Internet I can not access my server. If I type in localhost then I get some search page that searches for localhost. I can type localhost:631 and get the cups page though. And if I type my IP in, I get a "connection was refused" error.

Here is some output:

metalac · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 7:34 pm Post subject:

is there some sort of a router or something going on there? because your IP is NOT 192.168.1.104

Your IP should be whatever the IP of that modemr or external IP on that router.

So look into it.
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ryan83vt · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 8:04 pm Post subject:

yes, I have a router. The IP I use to access the web interface of the router is 192.168.1.1 but that's got to be intranet, not internet, because it was a generic IP used in the instruction manual of the router.

So, I'm not sure what to use.

graybeard · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 9:09 pm Post subject:

Can you ping to the router?

herring · Apprentice Joined: 22 Jul 2002 Posts: 187 Location: Norway

Could this be something similar to what you are trying to do ?
http://shorewall.net/FAQ.htm#faq14

ryan83vt · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 9:41 pm Post subject:

hmmm. funny. I can ping 192.168.1.1 but not www.google.com. Strange since I can access the sites fine. I tried the dhcp release / renew thing and it still doesn't work. However, I did see the external IP addy for my router listed on that page. I still don't know how to find mine though.

herring · Apprentice Joined: 22 Jul 2002 Posts: 187 Location: Norway

ryan83vt · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 3:45 am Post subject:

none of those links really helped -- the 1st link showed the problem I had but a solution that did not really apply to me. I'm suprised more people don't have this problem.

st. anger · Apprentice Joined: 30 Oct 2002 Posts: 273

the external IP for your router is your IP. simply forward port 80(or whatever external port you want to use) to your servers internal-IP:port number.

also, you should be able to see localhost if your server is set up correctly. instead of typing localhost, try http://192.168.1.104 (your servers IP) or http://127.0.0.1 to verify that the server is running.