[users@httpd] Intermittent access to web address
This is my first try at running a web site from a spare computer at home. I am having some problems and would appreciate some help. Please give your suggestions in a detailed manner as I am unfamilar with most of the terminology used. My main problem is that after installing Apache 2.2.21 as a service on my Windows7 o/s computer it has trouble presenting the web page. It will work for a while then I start getting connection time outs saying the web site is not responding. This will probably take up a lot of space but I will try to list all the info about my system and the settings I have in apache. Computer: Windows 7 O/S - AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor - 4600+ - 2.4 GHZ - 2GB RAM DYNEX 4 PORT 10/100 Mbs Ethernet Router Ubee D3.0 Comcast Modem Apache http server ver 2.2.21 Changes I made in httpd.conf file: # Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to # prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses. # #Listen 12.34.56.78:80 Listen 76.18.232.237:80 # ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify itself. # This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify # it explicitly to prevent problems during startup. # # If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here. # ServerName www.thepictureshow.net:80 Error Log after installing Apache: Starting the Apache2.2 service The Apache2.2 service is running. rmine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 192.168.1.102 for ServerName [Tue Oct 25 14:16:57 2011] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) configured - resuming normal operations [Tue Oct 25 14:16:57 2011] [notice] Server built: Sep 9 2011 10:26:10 [Tue Oct 25 14:16:57 2011] [notice] Parent: Created child process 1380 httpd.exe: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 192.168.1.102 for ServerName httpd.exe: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 192.168.1.102 for ServerName [Tue Oct 25 14:16:58 2011] [notice] Child 1380: Child process is running [Tue Oct 25 14:16:58 2011] [notice] Child 1380: Acquired the start mutex. [Tue Oct 25 14:16:58 2011] [notice] Child 1380: Starting 64 worker threads. [Tue Oct 25 14:16:58 2011] [notice]Child 1380: Starting thread to listen on port 80. install log after installing apache: installing Apache HTTP 2.0 server with DomainName = thepictureshow.net ServerName = www.thepictureshow.net ServerAdmin = webmasterb...@comcast.net ServerPort = 80 ServerSslPort = 80 ServerRoot = C:/Program Files/Apache software Foundation/Apache2.2 Rewrote C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundati on/Apache2.2/conf/ori gi nal/extra/httpd-autoi ndex.conf.i n to C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundati on/Apache2.2/conf/ori gi nal/extra/httpd-autoi ndex.conf Successfully removed C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundati on\Apache2.2\conf\ori gi nal\extra\httpd-autoi ndex.conf.i n Rewrote C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/conf/original/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf.in to C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/conf/original/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf Successfully removed C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundati on\Apache2.2\conf\ori gi nal\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf.i n Rewrote C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundati on/Apache2.2/conf/ori gi nal/extra/httpd-default.conf.i n to C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundati on/Apache2.2/conf/ori gi nal/extra/httpd-default.conf Successfully removed C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundati on\Apache2.2\conf\ori gi nal\extra\httpd-default.conf.i n Rewrote C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundati on/Apache2.2/conf/origi nal/extra/httpd-manual.conf.i n to C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundati on/Apache2.2/conf/ori gi nal/extra/httpd-manual.conf Successfully removed C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundati on\Apache2.2\conf\origi nal\extra\httpd-manual.conf.i n Rewrote C:/Program Files/Apache software Foundati on/Apache2.2/conf/ori gi nal/extra/httpd-mpm.conf.i n to C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundati on/Apache2.2/conf/ori gi nal/extra/httpd-mpm.conf Successfully removed C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundati on\Apache2.2\conf\ori gi nal\extra\httpd-mpm.conf.i n Rewrote C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundati on/Apache2.2/conf/ori gi nal/extra/httpd-i nfo.conf.i n to C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundati on/Apache2.2/conf/ori gi nal/extra/httpd-i nfo.conf Successfully removed C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf\ori gi nal\extra\httpd-i nfo.conf.i n Rewrote C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundati on/Apache2.2/conf/ori gi nal/extra/httpd-dav.conf.i n to C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/conf/ori gi nal/extra/httpd-dav.conf Successfully removed C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundati on\Apache2.2\conf\ori gi nal\extra\httpd-dav.conf.i n Rewrote C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundati on/Apache2.2/conf/ori gi nal/extra/httpd-1anguages.conf.i n to
Re: [users@httpd] Intermittent access to web address
My message was caught by the list's spam filter the first time around. Let's try again... On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Webmaster Bill wrote: > > This is my first try at running a web site from a spare computer at home. You should make sure that this is not against the terms of service of your provider (in this case, Comcast, http://go.ymkatz.net/comcast-net-aup). To get right to your problem: > > Changes I made in httpd.conf file: > > # Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to > # prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses. # > #Listen 12.34.56.78:80 > Listen 76.18.232.237:80 > > > # ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify itself. > # This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify > # it explicitly to prevent problems during startup. # > # If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here. > # > ServerName www.thepictureshow.net:80 You need to set Apache to listen on the computer's local address, then have your router forward the traffic from the public (comcast owned) network to your internal network. You will have another problem with that setup, since it appears that your server does not have a static IP address. In the error log that you supplied, your server has the address 192.168.1.102, which is in the address range usually assigned automatically by your router. If the computer does not have a fixed IP address, it is not possible for your router to forward the traffic from the public network to your private network. - Y - The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
Re: [users@httpd] Intermittent access to web address
On 10/25/2011 9:36 PM, Yehuda Katz wrote: > In the error log that you supplied, your server has the address > 192.168.1.102, which is in the address range usually assigned > automatically by your router. > If the computer does not have a fixed IP address, it is not possible > for your router to forward the traffic from the public network to your > private network. With most routers, you can pin a specific MAC address to a specific reservation even with DHCP. - The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
Re: [users@httpd] Intermittent access to web address
Forgot to mention that I have a DNS service with a company called NO-IP. They supply a static address of 76.18.232.237 for the web address. "Wild" Bill Miller Swampmaster -- From: "Yehuda Katz" Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:36 PM To: Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Intermittent access to web address My message was caught by the list's spam filter the first time around. Let's try again... On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Webmaster Bill wrote: This is my first try at running a web site from a spare computer at home. You should make sure that this is not against the terms of service of your provider (in this case, Comcast, http://go.ymkatz.net/comcast-net-aup). To get right to your problem: Changes I made in httpd.conf file: # Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to # prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses. # #Listen 12.34.56.78:80 Listen 76.18.232.237:80 # ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify itself. # This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify # it explicitly to prevent problems during startup. # # If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here. # ServerName www.thepictureshow.net:80 You need to set Apache to listen on the computer's local address, then have your router forward the traffic from the public (comcast owned) network to your internal network. You will have another problem with that setup, since it appears that your server does not have a static IP address. In the error log that you supplied, your server has the address 192.168.1.102, which is in the address range usually assigned automatically by your router. If the computer does not have a fixed IP address, it is not possible for your router to forward the traffic from the public network to your private network. - Y - The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org - The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
Re: [users@httpd] Intermittent access to web address
When you start to get "not responding", are you testing from inside your 192.168.*.* network, or from beyond your router? If you are testing from inside your network, are you fetching from 192.168.1.102 or from 76.18.232.237? If the latter, then you should check your router to see if it allows such "triangle connections", from inside your network, to the router, and back in to your network. Mine (ZyXEL P660) initially blocked such indirect connections (it throws work onto the router, to no purpose) You might do better allocating your webserver system a fixed IP address within your home network. Mine is on 192.168.1.2 - the router being 192.168.1.1 On 26 October 2011 03:14, Webmaster Bill wrote: > It will work for a while then I start getting > connection time outs saying the web site is not > responding. > -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk
Re: [users@httpd] Intermittent access to web address
I am testing from another computer on my home network but a friend a few miles away is testing the web address also and he encounters the same problems . "Wild" Bill Miller Swampmaster From: Steve Swift Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 2:12 AM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Intermittent access to web address When you start to get "not responding", are you testing from inside your 192.168.*.* network, or from beyond your router? If you are testing from inside your network, are you fetching from 192.168.1.102 or from 76.18.232.237? If the latter, then you should check your router to see if it allows such "triangle connections", from inside your network, to the router, and back in to your network. Mine (ZyXEL P660) initially blocked such indirect connections (it throws work onto the router, to no purpose) You might do better allocating your webserver system a fixed IP address within your home network. Mine is on 192.168.1.2 - the router being 192.168.1.1 On 26 October 2011 03:14, Webmaster Bill wrote: It will work for a while then I start getting connection time outs saying the web site is not responding. -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk
Re: [users@httpd] Intermittent access to web address
Webmaster Bill wrote:
*/I am testing from another computer on my home network but a friend a
few miles away is testing the web address also and /**/he encounters the
same problems/*
Another thing to consider is your ISP (COMCAST, I understand from
an earlier post; same as mine) likely has terms in their service
contract which PROHIBIT you from running your own server visible thru
their network. I know that it's explicitly prohibited in MY
(residential) terms of service with them. Thus they could be BLOCKING
outside, including your friend's, access to you. Read your terms of
service with them before spending too much time debugging things.
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