From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 4 11:47:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA94537B401 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 11:47:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net (hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AF3443E4A for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 11:47:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from walterk1@earthlink.net) Received: from user-0cal9lv.cable.mindspring.com ([24.170.166.191] helo=earthlink.net) by hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 188nCA-0006pI-00; Mon, 04 Nov 2002 11:47:35 -0800 Message-ID: <3DC6CECE.A76C58A4@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 14:47:27 -0500 From: Walter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: HTTP access References: <3DC6AD7A.AB122B94@earthlink.net> <200211041244.00924.pth3k@virginia.edu> <3DC6BDA0.1A419CC8@earthlink.net> <200211041408.01762.pth3k@virginia.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ty, At your suggestion that it was the ISP blocking port 80, I found the configuration line to enable Apache to listen on another port and added one, which now allows my neighbor's computer to access mine through http. Thanks for the pointer. I wonder if they'll eventually block this other port number also. I guess time will tell. Walter Ty Hoeffer wrote: > It will probably require a call to their tech support. > > One thing you could try is trafshow. It will display incoming & outgoing > traffic, its port, the protocol being used, and the chars/sec invilved > in the conversation. That or capture the traffic with Ethereal. Both of > these apps are in the ports. > > Ty > > On Monday 04 November 2002 01:34 pm, you wrote: > > They may be. Do you know how can I tell for certain? > > It's cable-modem access, btw. > > > > Ty Hoeffer wrote: > > > Is your ISP blockong PORT 80 > > > > > > Ty > > > > > > On Monday 04 November 2002 12:25 pm, Walter wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Another newbie question, this time dealing with HTTP > > > > access from the world. > > > > > > > > I'm running apache on my FreeBSD computer, which > > > > is also my gateway. I can telnet & FTP to it from my > > > > Mac on the local network and from an outside connection > > > > (the world). I can access it by http locally both through > > > > a local IP address and through the ISP-assigned IP (via > > > > DHCP). But I can't access it by http from "the world". > > > > My neighbor's AOL account tells me it finds the server > > > > (my computer) but then times out. > > > > > > > > Any thoughts as to what's wrong? I'm using the OPEN > > > > firewall that comes with the GENERIC build. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > Walter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message