Harvey, On Aug 6, 2007, at 2:58 PM, Harvey Saayman wrote:
should i then configure the Listen directive to "Listen 255.255.255.255:80"?...
If you use "Listen 80", Apache will bind to all IP addresses on the box, whatever those happen to be.
i asume if this is the case i hav to change this IP every time a dail cuz the IP is dynamic? this isnt a perminant thing... i just need to get it working before i spend money on a fast line and a proper server
Yes, if you bind to a specific IP address, you'll have to change that and restart your httpd service every time the IP changes on your dial- up line.
we just swiched over our gateway to mandriva 2007 spring free linux over the weekend and set it up to dail and file share over our home network... i cant seem to locate my internet IP... how can i get it from my linux gateway?
That doesn't really touch the Apache service so it falls outside the scope of this list, but it should be the IP address on your ppp0 interface. ifconfig -a on the Linux box should tell you.
Are you running Apache on the Linux box or on your own Windows station behind the gateway? In the latter case you'll need a port forward from the Linux router to your Windows box to make your Apache server visible from the Internet. Again, outside the scope of this list, but you should be able to Google for a Howto document.
and how exactly do i get a DNS set up? i hav "BIND DNS sever" installed on my linux gateway... will this sort out my DNS problem?
Only if you configure it and use it. This stuff has a steep learning curve, but the advantage of this is that you get to learn a lot in a very short time!
Once again, setting up a DNS service falls outside the scope of this list. However, what I do for my home network is I have bind running on my server (running FreeBSD, but Linux is also a great choice), and my DHCP service tells all clients to use that server as DNS. I have defined a Zone for my local network, using a fictional domain name and giving all boxes a name that maps onto their IP address. I have also configured bind to go directly to the Root servers for queries outside my network, so the clients can see the whole Internet and are not stuck on my local domain. Of course if you are just experimenting locally, you could start with simple HOSTS files on your local network to give names to machines.
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