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chrisj.leaf
Joined: 17 Jul 2011
Posts: 2
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 Posted: Sun 17 Jul '11 18:53 Post subject: Cannot connect to server externally on Windows |
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I am using Apache2 on Windows XP and am trying to host a website (and eventually a java based server) on my computer to be hosted for external access outside my network.
My situation:
-I am trying to run Apache on Windows XP
-I have Apache2 configured in a sort of haphazard way because I've just been trying to get it to listen to requests to connect, no success
-I can connect just fine using my local IP address which I made Locally Static, and configured into the Apache configuration file.
-I set up a dynamic DNS with automatic updater which I believe works because when I try to access it from a local computer it takes me to my router's configuration page (obviously not my goal)
-I have tried using various proxy providers to attempt to connect to my site "externally" and I even had a friend try at one point and it also failed, although I've made changes since then. I've received errors such as "libcurl connect() failed" and request timeouts or "rejected by host" so I feel like it must be my Apache Configuration
-Although I've tried many options the log only shows me making local connections, I do not know if this indicates if I'm failing to get to the apache server or not.
-I believe my port forwarding to be working. I have verizon internet and used default settings for HTTP connections which is to forward ports on my static local ip address with tcp protocols on various ports (80, 43, 8008, 8080).
I mostly have default configuration files for Apache except these sections which I modified:
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#Listen 192.168.1.50:80 #I tried this, my static local IP address
Listen 80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName http://cleaf.cmu.jumpingcrab.com
DocumentRoot C:/ApacheFiles/default.com
</VirtualHost>
#ServerName cleaf.cmu.jumpingcrab.com:80 #tried this too
ServerName 192.168.1.50:80
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
</Directory>
<Directory c:/ApacheFiles/default.com> #my website is here
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
</Directory>
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex default.html #I made a default html
</IfModule>
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I believe that is all the relevant settings that I changed. I feel like I am missing something extremely basic here. I did not make any other changes to Apache aside from those. Although the installation domain I think I changed a few times (I got a message one of them was expired at one point)
Can anyone give me a few pointers or tests I can do to help figure out what I'm doing wrong? |
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Sob
Joined: 19 Apr 2008
Posts: 30
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| Posted: Sun 17 Jul '11 21:36 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I can connect just fine using my local IP address ... |
Also from other local computer? Or did you just try it from the same computer that Apache is running on? In second case it might be missing firewall exception.
| Quote: | | I believe my port forwarding to be working. |
It's easy to verify. Just run some packet sniffer on computer with Apache, try external connect to your web server using proxy and see if there are any incoming packets for port 80. |
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chrisj.leaf
Joined: 17 Jul 2011
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| Posted: Mon 18 Jul '11 0:03 Post subject: |
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| Thank you so much! I can't believe I completely forgot to add a firewall exception for the port >.<!! You really saved me! |
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