Subject: Re: Using Apache with a dynamic IP number
From: Charlie Watts (cewatts@frontier.net)
Date: Wed Nov 14 2001 - 23:40:41 MST
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Robert J. Bloemeke wrote:
> I want to practice administering Apache but don't want to pay for a
> fixed IP number yet. I have two computers on my desk here, one is the
> iMac Linux and the other is an OS 9.1. They are each hooked up to the
> same internet cable, but they are each assigned two different IP
> numbers when booted. (I paid extra to the ISP for this).
>
> Here is my question: Why can't I access the pages that are served by
> the iMac's apache, via the web browser in my other computer? I went
> into the iMac and noted the IP number that the IPS assigned to it, and
> entered it into the browser on the MacOS machine. It just sits there
> with no display, not even an error message.
>
> The iMac apache *does* serve pages on the imac itself though when I
> enter http://www.localhost, so I know it's up and running.
Can you bring up pages from the iMac if you enter
http://your.ip.add.ress/ ?
If you can do that, but can't connect to it from your other machine, it
sounds like you have a firewall issue, either locally (how are the
computers ahring your internet connection?) or at the ISP (many ISP's
block port 80 access on residential services...)
If you -can't- bring up pages from the iMac when trying that, then you
should verify that the computer is getting the address you think it is.
Look at the output of "ifconfig" to make sure it's getting what you think
it is.
-- Charlie Watts cewatts@frontier.net Frontier Internet, Inc. http://www.frontier.net/
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