[ale] Accessing Server without Domain Name

[IJ]

In addition to Router/Firewall thing,
you might need to change your linux system security setup.

RH has default setting of blocking all port(until 7.3, I beileve 8.0 is
same.)
Check it out....


----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoffrey" <esoteric at 3times25.net>
To: ale at ale.org
To: <aaron at pd.org>
Cc: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] Accessing Server without Domain Name


> You probably need to tell your Router/Firewall where to send the port 80
> packets it's receiving.
>
> It is probably doing NAT and therefore each of your machines connected
> to the device is provided an internal private ip.
>
> This should be configurable in your router/firewall toy.
>
> aaron wrote:
> > I am setting up a Linux / Apache web server for a friend using an old
166
> > P2. We overcame a few hardware issues like dead CD ROM and Ethernet card
> > and have a nicely working RH 8.0 system with a very basic Apache server
> > running.
> >
> > The system is currently living on my home network, which includes
> > internet access via Static IP DSL Gateway connected through one of those
> > little stand alone Router/Firewall boxes.
> >
> > We would like to access this http server from the internet for testing
> > before we put it on line with a registered domain name. I _thought_ all
I
> > needed to do was to dial in the static IP address in any web browser,
but
> > that isn't quite working...
> >
> > Can anyone suggest what I might be missing here?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> > aaron
> >
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> Until later: Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
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> I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
>
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