Ty, At your suggestion that it was the ISP blocking port 80, I found the configuration line to enable Apache to listen on another port and added one, which now allows my neighbor's computer to access mine through http. Thanks for the pointer. I wonder if they'll eventually block this other port number also. I guess time will tell.
Walter Ty Hoeffer wrote: > It will probably require a call to their tech support. > > One thing you could try is trafshow. It will display incoming & outgoing > traffic, its port, the protocol being used, and the chars/sec invilved > in the conversation. That or capture the traffic with Ethereal. Both of > these apps are in the ports. > > Ty > > On Monday 04 November 2002 01:34 pm, you wrote: > > They may be. Do you know how can I tell for certain? > > It's cable-modem access, btw. > > > > Ty Hoeffer wrote: > > > Is your ISP blockong PORT 80 > > > > > > Ty > > > > > > On Monday 04 November 2002 12:25 pm, Walter wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Another newbie question, this time dealing with HTTP > > > > access from the world. > > > > > > > > I'm running apache on my FreeBSD computer, which > > > > is also my gateway. I can telnet & FTP to it from my > > > > Mac on the local network and from an outside connection > > > > (the world). I can access it by http locally both through > > > > a local IP address and through the ISP-assigned IP (via > > > > DHCP). But I can't access it by http from "the world". > > > > My neighbor's AOL account tells me it finds the server > > > > (my computer) but then times out. > > > > > > > > Any thoughts as to what's wrong? I'm using the OPEN > > > > firewall that comes with the GENERIC build. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > Walter To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message