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Date:      Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:19:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net>
To:        Micke P <mickep3@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trying to see website from the Internet
Message-ID:  <20031021121623.V51615@njamn8or.bc.hsia.telus.net>
In-Reply-To: <20031021184148.76057.qmail@web14502.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20031021184148.76057.qmail@web14502.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Micke P wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I'm having all kinds of trouble trying to get things
> set up to see my website on the Internet. I know
> people like to claim to be newbies, but I actually am.
> :-)
>
> My machine (ethernet card) IP is 192.168.254.25 and
> I'm serving on port 8080. I can bring up the site no
> problem on my LAN- http://192.168.254.25:8080/, but
> not outside.
>
> My ISP is earthlink and it's a dynamic IP account.
> Right now the WAN IP is: 68.164.84.178. Trying
> http://68.164.84.178:8080/ doesn't work. I've opened
> the port, 8080, on the router.
>
> What should I look at to solve this? I have
> unsuccessfully scoured the complete freebsd book,
> handbook, and archives. But haven't found anything to
> address this specific problem yet, although it seems
> straightforward. If you think I don't understand
> networks exactly, you are correct; but it's not for
> lack of trying.

I'm assuming since you say you can view it at http://192.168.254.25:8080/
that you've told apache to listen to port 8080--have you also entered your
hostname or IP address under ServerName?

Cheers,

Viktor



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