Hello,

I configured web server and for some reason cannot access it.
If i do this: http;//127.0.0.1 I can see my page
but if I do this http://www.mydomain.net can't see anything

I forwarded ports (Microsoft mn-700 router) - persistent port forwarding:
but still cannot see the page.
/etc/hosts:where mydomain is name of my domain

What could the the reason?
Thanks

Did you configure apache to respond to mydomain.net?

ie: ServerName mydomain.net

Hello,

Yes, I did. I put the following entry into gedit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file
ServerName mydomain.net

I'm poor on networking but before trying to reach the site via domain name, I would use the IP address ... and (just as a note) 71.142.66.220 does not appear to be reachable at this time.

Yes, If the IP adress is not working, there's probably something blocking it. Is the port forwarded on your router? How about firewalls. Have any?

Thanks for the input!
Actually, the ip is 71.142.79.209 and I can see it in the browser
But http://www.mydomain.net does not work
I forwared ports:

Number of servers: 2

Enable Description Inbound Port Type Private IP Address Private Port Edit Delete
Apache1 80 - 80 TCP 192.168.2. 71 80 - 80 Edit Delete
Apache2 443 - 443 TCP 192.168.2. 71 443 - 443 Edit Delete

Router: Microsoft MN-700
but still not luck accessing it with myDomain .

Sorry to answer with such a poor knowledge - but it appears your IP address has switched (from 71.142.66.220 to 71.142.79.209). Is this a dynamic IP address you received by connecting to your (DSL) provider?

And, where do you have that domain name from? Usually, there are nameservers (which do domain name resolution for IP adresses), and that provider who sold you that domain name should synchronize domain name and IP address.

There's an alternative if you'd wanted to use your own PC's IP address with a domain name, http://www.dyndns.com.

But to me, the question still is, where do you suppose the name server to be - that does point other computers to your current IP when the try to locate your domain name?

I have dynamic ip and have dyndns configured.
I got it working! now I can access http://www.mydomain.net.
it is fine for now
thanks!

I just went to dyndns and updated my ip over again even though it was set correctly.
I guess I just had to do it manually (even though I saw my correct IP there previously)

do you have a client running on your server to automatically update your IP at dynDNS ?

http://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/unix.html

I have not installed it yet since not sure how to do it.
Linux is new to me and every time I need to install some software on it becomes a struggle

Glad you're looking into Linux et al.

Here's how to setup a cron job to schedule the domain name <--> IP address synchronization.
But that's for Ubuntu and I think you're on Fedora.

I don't know whether the program "ipcheck" exists in your distribution. If not, the programs farslayer mentioned should be an equivalent.
"sudo" in the code mentioned for Ubuntu means, "become root for this command". On Fedora, you probably would need to become root, actually.
"gedit" is just some text editor; you would use your preferred one.

Thank you. I'll look into it.