I dont understand!

[ritch0218]

Ok......ive set up apache on my linux system and I can log into it and view my html pages from my system by typing in the name of my computer (ritch.linux.vnet) or

http://localhost.

But I cant go to another computer and do the same!

I dont understand! Ive read every post here and a thousand other tutorials and info pages but I cant get it to work! I have my lynksys router routing port 90 traffic to my ip and port 90 listening in my httpd.conf file.

please someone help! Jesus!

 

[smah]

Where to begin.....

Is there a firewall involved? What about DNS resolution?

What's with port 90? Is that a typo? If you really have apache listening on port 90, you'll need to include the port designation in the url that you're trying to access.

 

[ritch0218]

No firewall, just good old Linux

Im not sure what you mean about DNS? I understand the concept of Domain Name Resolution but what do I need to do to apply that to this?

I changed to port 90 because every post I've read concludes that isp's block port 80 for apache!

 

[Wishdiak]

ritch0218,

For starters, if you have Apache set up to listen on port 90 (in your httpd.conf), then your requests must append the port number on to the end of the http request (

http://some.url:90).

While it's true that some ISP's block incoming traffic on port 80, it's not universally true, so you may want to find out directly from your ISP whether or not they do. This could solve your port 90 problem, since web servers (and clients) use port 80 by default.

Are you unable to reach your webserver from other computers on your local LAN, or from outside of your network? What URL do you use to try to reach your webserver? What error messages do your client computers get? Is there anything in the Apache server logs that indicate any errors?

Even without DNS in place, you should still be able to reach your webserver from within your LAN by using the IP address of your webserver with the port 90 appended to the end (such as

http://192.168.x.x:90).

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[ritch0218]

got it.......im behind a router, so i had to forward traffic to my ip. Iv'e also discovered that I need to register a domain name and have them route the requests to my ip address.........is that right?

 

[smah]

If you want to have everyone access your site via domain name then- yes, that's the DNS registration part. If you only need limited visibility on the internet, you can just tell your users your public IP address (and port number if applicable).

Here's a quick webserver primer/overview:

http://www.dslwebserver.com