Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 06:53:57 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re[4]: Still trying to get my site up! Message-ID: <20050628064934.B56F.GERARD-SEIBERT@suscom.net> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEENNFBAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <20050627070020.52A2.GERARD-SEIBERT@suscom.net> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEENNFBAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On Monday, June 27, 2005 11:39:32 PM "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: $>> $>>=1EOn Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:22:19 PM "Ted Mittelstaedt"=20 $>><tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: $>> $>> $>>$>>Thanks to several individuals, I have almost gotten my Apache2 serv= er $>>$>>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=20 $>>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=20 $>>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 messag= e $>>$>>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 probab= ly $>>$>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 o= ff $>>$>allowing ports to be open for customers, then I would think that the= y $>>$>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'. $> $>Your DNS requests for beerstud.us are NOT, I repeat NOT being redirecte= d to=20 $>www2.beerstud.us:9545. They are being pointed to 63.208.196.110 $>There is a webserver at that IP address which is issuing a HTTP $>redirect to 216.45.217.148, port 9545. The client webbrowser then $>makes a second DNS request for www2.beerstud.us. $> $>>However, the good news is that the site has suddenly come online. I $>have no idea why though. $> $>Because the admin of the webserver at 63.208.196.110 fixed his $>configuration file, that is why. $> $>From the looks of it that webserver is owned by dydns, so when you $>contacted them it must have lit a fire under the admin of that $>server. $> $>Your ISP sounds like they are pretty stupid, frankly. $> $> $>Ted ********** Reply Separator ********** Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:49:34 AM The bottom line is that it works. In the final analysis, that is all that matters. Thanks for your input though. --=20 Gerard E. Seibert gerard-seibert@suscom.net
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