From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 27 11:13:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 61B5D16A41C for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:13:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard-seibert@suscom.net) Received: from smtp4.suscom.net (smtp4.suscom.net [64.78.119.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A48443D4C for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:13:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard-seibert@suscom.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C03D81500EA; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 07:13:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp4.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp4.suscom.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 25171-05-85; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 07:13:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.3] (ip148.217.susc.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp4.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 753C71500E7; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 07:13:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 07:13:23 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" Sender: Gerard@smtp4.suscom.net, Seibert@smtp4.suscom.net In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: <20050627070020.52A2.GERARD-SEIBERT@suscom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.21.03 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at suscom.net Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re[2]: Still trying to get my site up! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gerard-seibert@suscom.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:13:22 -0000 On Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:22:19 PM "Ted Mittelstaedt" wrote: $>>Thanks to several individuals, I have almost gotten my Apache2 server $>>working. Almost, but not quite. $>> $>>My ISP blocks port 80; therefore I am using a redirect from $>>DynDNS.org to $>>redirect to an alias using port 9545. $>> $> $>No, you are not. You cannot redirect to a specific port using $>the DNS system. $> $>Currently dydns.org has beerstud.us pointing to IP address 63.208.196.110 $>If that is your IP address then hosts on the Internet that query $>www.beerstud.us will go to port 80 on that IP address. If that isn't $>your IP number then it must be an IP address of a webhost that will $>issue a HTTP redirect when it gets a query to port 80 on your beerstud.us $>URL. $> $>>The 'beerstud.us' redirects to 'www2.beerstud.us:9545' $>> $>>>From my FreeBSD box, if I type: lynx http://beerstud.us, I see the $>>following message: Using http://www2.beerstud.us:9545/. The $>>connection is $>>made and the index.htm file is displayed. $>> $>>However, I am unable to reach this site from any other computer. $>>Eventually, the request will time out and I receive an error message $>>telling me that the site is not available. $>> $>>I am not sure what I am doing wrong at this point. $> $>You need to contact the support department of your ISP. I don't $>understand why you think that your ISP is just blocking port 80 and $>not any other port. There are firewalls out there nowadays smart $>enough to see an incoming HTTP request and block it no matter what $>port it's coming in on. If your ISP is blocking port 80 that probably $>means you haven't paid for an enhanced account that will allow you $>to run a server. If that is the case and your ISP is making money off $>allowing ports to be open for customers, then I would think that they $>probably have one of those firewalls setup that blocks incoming $>HTTP get requests no matter what port they come in on. $> $>Ted ********** Reply Separator ********** Monday, June 27, 2005 7:00:20 AM I contacted DynDNS, and they stated that any requests for 'beerstud.us' were being redirected to 'www2.beerstud.us:9545'. However, the good news is that the site has suddenly come online. I have no idea why though. -- Gerard E. Seibert gerard-seibert@suscom.net