Apache on Yellow Dog Linux

[Ryan Nix]

Sounds like a port forwarding problem.

Your best bet is the Apache users list.  It's incredibly helpful and I 
use it reguarly.

Cameron Roe wrote:

> I've been working on getting Apache 2 up and running on YDL and am 
> sort of stumped with what I think is a network problem. I am running 
> an ADSL modem to a Linksys firewall and then to an 8 port hub to a 
> home network. I've installed Apache 2 and all seemed to go well. The 
> problem is that I can access the site locally through 
> http://localhost/ or through http://192.162.1.105/ but not through my 
> IP address of http://205.260.250.147/ . As well I can not access the 
> site from anyother box on my local network, only from the local box.
> To ensure I have the port forwarding correct on the linksys i 
> installed tomcat on a 'windoze' box on the same network and it works 
> fine when I do the port forwarding and give the address 
> http://205.206.250.147:8080/. I then thought it might be Linux issue, 
> so at work I installed Apache on a PC with RedHat 9.0 linux and again 
> did the port forwarding on the same model of Linksys firewall and it 
> worked fine! Just to be sure I installed Tomcat on the same linux box 
> and again on a windoze box and everything worked fine. I swapped the 
> Linksys boxes(work to home and home to work) and got the same result 
> i.e. works fine on Redhat, and Windoze but not on YDL.
> I also tried various combinations in the Apache conf for the listener 
> port i.e.
>  
> *:80
> 80
> localhost:80
> 205.206.250.147:80
> 192.168.1.105:80
>  
> etc. I then thought that there might be some sort of security on ports 
> below 1024 and tried to listen on port 8000 but to no avail, I could 
> still access via the local box but not the WAN. I must admit that I'm 
> not sure what to try now. I can get out from the YDL box via mozilla 
> surfing  and can send and receive mail just fine - I just can't access 
> Apache from outside the local box! I know through 'nmap -p 1-1024 
> localhost' that Apache is sitting there waiting but cant get to it 
> outside of localhost. Can someone point me to something else to read 
> or try?
>  
> Many thanks
>  
> Cam
>  
>  



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