Help I'm about to pull my hair out!!!

[Zuriel]

Ok here's the story running apache webserver, from inside my own network webpages come right up, that is from within my own home network, i can ping both my domain name and isp public IP address from outside of my home network, the problem is from outside my home network, ie: the world wide web or anyone can not see my webpage. I'm running fedora core 7. I have read all kinds of stuff on cofiguring the httpd.conf file and of course they are all different and vague to say the least, is there a document somewhere for idiots like me that say things like insert your isp public IP here, insert your webserver private home network IP here, etc etc, a document that spells it out. I see a lot of enter network ip here, LOL private network?, isp network?, world wide web network?
I think you get my drift. I also thing this could be a dns configuration issue on my personal webserver, I have my domain pointing to my isp public IP already so I'm pretty sure that is not the issue.

Any help would be appreciated,
Zuriel (frustrated)

[BillT440]

many ISPs block most of the common ports. Are you using port 80? Maybe you should try 8080 or something.

[mooninite]

Just to add another vote, BillT440 is correct. Most Cable and DSL ISPs (AT&T, Cox, Comcast) block ports 25 and 80. "Spam prevention" is their excuse for it, too. It's pathetic.

Luckily I don't have an ISP like that.

[pppswing]

Check your router there are stuffs to provide port based redirection to a special local machine so you can map a local IP /port /TCP/UDP with a global IP/port.

You have also to check your DNS at your web domain manager and map it to your global IP.

So you can access from outside to you local machine.

[Dan]

Originally Posted by Zuriel

... I'm about to pull my hair out!!!

My God, Man! NO! take it from me. It may not come back! <....>

All kidding aside, there may be help to be gleaned from here.

https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/

It's for an older version, but there's some solid stuff in there. Especially the system administration primer.

This link was also posted yesterday, and may prove useful.

http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/...nux_Essentials Perhaps specifically section 17.

Hope this helps.


Dan