Fedora Core 11 - Apache works locally but not from a different machine

vuhuynh · 08-25-2009, 12:48 PM

Hello,

I just installed Fedora Core 11 on my server. Tested by pointing the browser to http://machinename.domain works fine when doing so on the local server. However, whenever I try to browse on a different machine on the same network, it time outs as if it can never reach the machine. Any advise are greatly appreciated.

Regards,

fordeck · 08-25-2009, 12:55 PM

Check your firewall, you may need to open port 80.

Regards,

Fordeck

schneidz · 08-25-2009, 01:11 PM

this mite help:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...laptop-748247/

Wim Sturkenboom · 08-25-2009, 11:56 PM

Also check hostname resolution on the client machine (can it resolve machinename.domain to an ip-address). You can check by pinging machinename.domain

Code:

wim@btd-techweb01:~$ ping btd-techweb01
PING btd-techweb01.mca.naspers.dom (172.31.212.190) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from btd-techweb01.mca.naspers.dom (172.31.212.190): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.040 ms
64 bytes from btd-techweb01.mca.naspers.dom (172.31.212.190): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.030 ms
...
...

When you ping by name, it should show you the ip-address as marked in bold. If not, the hostname is not resolved.

John VV · 08-26-2009, 12:25 AM

is the name registered so it can be remapped to the ip address ?
or are you using the ip address ( of the box the server is on ) as the http://123.456.789.0123/index.html

vuhuynh · 08-26-2009, 07:09 AM

It turns out the iptables was blocking port 80. After opening up this port, this works fine. Thanks all for a quick reply.