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thetheory
24th May 2006, 07:52 PM
Ok, This has been driving me crazy for days now. I installed FC5 for the first time on a box im going to use for testing. I have a connection to the outside world but no http traffic.

The network configuration is corrrect, a static ip, dns works and I can ssh/ping/traceroute without a problem.

Any help would be appreciated?

FC5 2.6.15-1.2054
VIA VT6102 (RHINE II) network card
tebbens
24th May 2006, 08:36 PM
Maybe your router/gateway or ISP is blocking port 80 inbound.

Run a ShieldsUP Port scan of your IP...
http://www.grc.com/

ONLY IF your router/gateway and firewall (iptables) allow port 80 to your server AND the ShieldsUP test
shows Stealth, then your ISP is probably blocking you from running a web server.

Matthew
thetheory
24th May 2006, 08:51 PM

thanks for your reply!
I know my gateway isnt blocking traffic on 80 because all the my other machines have no communication trouble on port 80.

I have also had brief connections over http. About an hour ago I changed hosts.allow to ALL:ALL
and had a http connection for about 5 mins.
tebbens
24th May 2006, 09:15 PM
thanks for your reply!
I know my gateway isnt blocking traffic on 80 because all the my other machines have no communication trouble on port 80.

I have also had brief connections over http. About an hour ago I changed hosts.allow to ALL:ALL
and had a http connection for about 5 mins.

You say that all your other machines have no trouble....
Are we talking about problems surfing the web from a web browser on your local network to the Internet, or
from your local network to your local network, or incoming connections from the Internet to a web server you
run on FC5 ?

Matthew
thetheory
25th May 2006, 01:16 PM
Sorry I never explained fully. My FC5 box will be used for a server (http, ftp, sshd) however at the moment I am only trying to access (via a web browser) the internet. This is what does not work.

All other workstations on my LAN are working properly. The webserver running on my FC5 box is running and I can access it from boxes on my lan. I can even access http resources on other webservers (on the LAN). For some reason I just cant access anything outside my lan?