I'm having trouble getting a webserver running. Basically if I type in my web address it goes to the login page of my router. The ports are correctly set up and I have no other firewall running. Sendmail works fine with this domain. I was wondering if I needed to make any changes to /etc/hosts or /etc/resolv.conf. Maybe someone could try accessing http://www.oliverroad.selfip.com to see what happens.

/etc/hosts

# For loopbacking.
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 oliverroad.selfip.com oliverroad


/etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 192.168.0.1


Thanks.

Do you mean you have a webserver running on your network, and you're trying to access it by typing in your domain name to access it across the Internet? If so, you will just get the login for your router, it's just way the networking side of things work by accessing an internal machine via an external address. Caught me a couple of years ago when I first tried it! Either try running through a service like www.the-cloak.com to check it's working fine, or someone suggested a couple of days ago to edit your hosts file to include the domain name and local ip address you want. Thus, when you access your domain, it actually reads from hosts and directs to your local ip.

Thanks for replying. Just out of interest, what do you get if click on the link? It should be a page of text I wrote. Also looking at my /etc/hosts file, there's a line in there which says

"By the way, Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@nvg.unit.no> says that 127.0.0.1
# should NEVER be named with the name of the machine. It causes problems
# for some (stupid) programs, irc and reputedly talk. :^)"

And it looks like that's exactly what I have. Also should the nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf be something other than the IP address of my router?

Thanks.

simcox1
the solution i tell u here is the same with fouldsy the only thing the way of explation is diffrent

first look at ur /etc/hosts

u suppost to have only one line of 127.0.0.1

etc/hosts

change second line from 127.0.0.1 to the ip u get with proceed "/sbin/ifconfig" command ( eth0)

/etc/resolv.conf u can put any working dns server in this world better is the nearest to u or ur isp dns server name eg.

nameserver 62.253.162.237

( this is DNS1.NTLI.NET )

my guessing u using NTLI UK , use UK nearest dns server

ok last part

login to ur NAT firewall forward the port 80 to that machine IP number

try it hope work for u

cheers

Port 80 is open. You think I should change the second line in /etc/hosts to:

192.168.0.2 oliverroad.selfip.com oliverroad ?

I'm hooked up with virgin.net which has recently been bought by ntl, so you think I should use my ISP's nameserver in resolv.conf instead of the router address?

Your resolv.conf should point through to the nameservers provided by your ISP, there will usually be two of them. If you point it through your ADSL modem or whatever it is, you simply get the router to forward the DNS request and the return the IP to you. Is easier and cleaner going directly, but that's just me.

yes u have to do it , and will be look like this

etc/hosts

# For loopbacking.
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.2 oliverroad.selfip.com oliverroad

cheers


ps: sorry my english

Only thing is if I specify nameservers other than 192.168.0.1 in resolv.conf it gets reset after a reboot. And I still cant directly access my webpage after changing hosts. Anyway it doesn't matter too much as long as other people can.

ermm now i sure u are using DHCP
ok then run "netconfig" use
static 192.168.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
dns 62.253.162.237

when done restart inet1

"/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart"

"/sbin/ifconfig eth0"

then if u want to try reboot it

cheers

Well that killed my connection. I'll just tell you exactly what I've got. A netgear router/firewall/modem (DG834). Relevant ports are open for my pc. Router modem is 192.168.0.1 on the lan, and mine is 192.168.0.2. It does sometimes change but I've tried to reserve that number via the router webadmin page. A second pc is usually 192.168.0.3 when it's up.

My ISP assigns a dynamic IP and wont give a static one, so I've got ddclient running to update my dyndns.org account. That seems to be working fine.

I'll give a few details from my routers web page.

This is the status page:


Router Status

Account Name
Firmware Version V1.05.00

ADSL Port
MAC Address 00:0f:b5:13:71:23
IP Address 82.13.34.63
DHCP PPPoA
IP Subnet Mask 255.255.255.255
Gateway IP Address 194.145.148.5
Domain Name Server 194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100

LAN Port
MAC Address 00:0f:b5:13:71:22
IP Address 192.168.0.1
DHCP On
IP Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

Modem
ADSL Firmware Version 1.00.09.00
Modem Status Connected
DownStream Connection Speed 576 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 288 kbps
VPI 0
VCI 38

The DNS servers are for virgin.net.

The router is set to act as a DHCP server and the IP address and DNS numbers are set to be got dynamically from my ISP.

NAT is enabled.

What's the gateway listed above under adsl port?

ok first we talk about LAN

That is your main (first LAN absolutely static )

ok now second LAN set ip Static
192.168.0.2

if have third LAN set static
192.168.0.3

do not give change for DHCP to assign the IP for the Machine or get into the router
then disable (OFF) DHCP for LAN

because if DHCP enable the router will assign the IP for the NON static machine

remember if u want to set webserver in the LAN the machine must be Static regardless ur ISP give u static or dynamic

if still cannot be done i might have to print screen all my server & firewall config file and post it to the net

FYI I also use dyndns.org its on my sign os slack10.1 and all Linux computer in my office i set static , its easy for me to do maintenance




hope u not give up

I've been off line for a couple of hours trying to reconfigure my modem. Unchecking the 'use dhcp' box for the modem left me without a connection, and also without any means to alter the config because it's a web page. Anyway I'm back now. As I understand it you think I should not use the modem for dhcp. I don't really understand this. Two computers rely on it, independently.

The basic thing here is this. My router/firewall/modem is a pain in the arse. I would much prefer to have just a modem, and configure everything else myself. However to do that I would need another pc which would be just a server, through which the other pc's would connect. If I use this computer that way, it would need to be left switched on. I only have to leave the modem on at the moment.

I don't really understand how this all works at the moment. If I turn off dhcp (for the modem) and run netconfig to use static, I take it we're talking about the lan here. Surely dhcp is necessary for a dynamically assigned IP? I can easily get a static local IP from the modem. A static public IP I can't. But ddclient is working well anyway.

relax dude

nope u wrong, dhcp for modem live it there because u need to get dhcp from ur isp

just disable dhcp for LAN setting since u Main LAN is static


no one ask u to do this

as i mention erlier its LAN port not modem , LAN port mean LAN conguration inside ur modem

but all dhcp not big deal on main router/firewall/modem

the important thing is set static on the workstation

Hi,

Do you have port forwarding for port 80 from your modem/router set to forward all port 80 (http) requests to your pc running apache ?

To me it sounds as if any port 80 requests are not being passed on, so are stopping at modem/router and displaying what is on port 80 there, which is your modem/router setup page.

And by the way if i type this http://www.oliverroad.selfip.com in web browser is get:

" No doubt this will be a very interesting website when I
get around to doing something with it. In the mean time
however please feel free to go to www.linuxquestions.org
if you're interested in finding out a bit about Linux. "

So i guess you figured it out already.

Yes , if I type the web address from here I get the router log in page. Obviously others can access the correct page ok. It would just be nice to be able to check it myself. Putting the local IP and domain name in hosts doesn't change that.