Here is a quick overview of how your network is currently set up and how to get your webserver running.
>From the outside, the only IP address that you can someone on the Internet can see is your external IP address. It is currently assigned to your Linksys router. Because your computers are "inside" the network, they all have 192.168.1.x numbers. These IP addresses are not routeable on the Internet. Your Linksys router is doing "NAT" to masq packets inside and outside your network. So, the answer is this: You must portforward port 80 from your linksys router to your webserver that is inside the network. Here is what I could dig up on portforwarding IP addresses on linksys routers: <http://www.dslwebserver.com/main/fr_index.html?/main/sbs-linksys-port-forwa rding.html> When you go to access your webserver you would enter: http://externalIP/ (eg. http://24.142.34.144) not http://192.168.1.1 Also, make sure that you do not have a firewall blocking port 80 (this could come from your DSL/Cablemodem provider, or even on your own RedHat Linux server) <SNIP> Q: What is Network Address Translation and what is it used for? A: Network Address Translation (NAT) translates multiple IP addresses on the private LAN to one public address that is sent out to the Internet. This adds a level of security since the address of a PC connected to the private LAN is never transmitted on the Internet. Furthermore, NAT allows the Wireless AP + Cable/DSL Router to be used with low cost Internet accounts, such as cable or DSL modems, where only one TCP/IP address is provided by the ISP. The user may have many private addresses behind this single address provided by the ISP. </SNIP> Trevor <http://www.gnuguy.com> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ben Donahue Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 4:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: apache Hey Trevor let me clarify my last reply, what i have with my network is a wireless router made by linksys. It has a built in firewall. So I am guessing this may be the reason I cant access my webserver from outside my network. I am trying to access my webserver using my computers IP address of the form 192.168.1.x from outside. Ben --- Trevor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Two quick points: > > 1. Are you trying to use a real/external IP address > from outside the network > to access your server or are you using an internal > non-routable IP (like > 192.168.1.x). > > 2. Your firewall may be blocking you from reaching > the webserver. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Ben Donahue > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: apache > > > I installed apache recently and I am able to access > my > my system within my network by typing > http://IPaddress/. > > But my problem is I cant access my server from > outside > my network. How do I solve this problem? > > Thanks, Ben > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! News - Today's headlines > http://news.yahoo.com > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
