Apache troubles

I tried using apache for the first time today, and it works on my LAN but not in the outside world >> http://68.71.103.54/index.html

I don't have a domain name set up yet so I'm just using the IP. Apache came installed with RedHat 9, so I'm not sure what version it is. On my SMC router I have port 80 forwarded already to my Linux computer. In the httpd.conf I changed the ServerName to the IP.


Any clues to why it's not working?

It may be your ISP. Many home ISPs block traffic on port 80, to prevent users from running their own webservers and also for security reasons. You can try running Apache on an alternate port to see if this is the problem.

Your ISP definitely isn't blocking all ports. Port 21 (ftp) is open (although your anonymous login is misconfigured and shouldn't be permitted if you don't want to use it). A common secondary http port is 8080 for when 80 isn't available.

I changed it to port 8080 and it works now, thanks...I guess my ISP blocks the other one. I also disabled Anon logon on my ftp server....how did you know it was there?

link1305 said:

I changed it to port 8080 and it works now, thanks...I guess my ISP blocks the other one. I also disabled Anon logon on my ftp server....how did you know it was there?

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grep proftpd /var/log/auth.log