Thanks Joshua, I have an FTP server running and people can access that just fine. It is running on port 21. I just tried the validator but it said the address has to be in the form of a URL and not an IP. I wonder if that is the problem? I was going to purchase a domain name anyway ... maybe I will just do that. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Joshua Slive" <joshua@xxxxxxxx> > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Tall Paul <pbhewitt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > I am guessing that this is the simplest problem there is but it has me > > stumped. I installed Apache and PHP and ran the localhost tests and all is > > well. I have a static IP and I am behind a US Robotics router in which I > > forwarded port 80 to this PC. I sent my IP (68.82.124.204) to my sister and > > asked her to test the server. She put http://68.82.124.204 in her browser > > and got the "page not found" message. So she tried http://68.82.124.204:80 > > and got the same results. From what I understand I cannot access my own > > server via my own IP so that leaves 2 questions. > > 1. What does someone have to enter in a browser to access my server? > > 2. How can I test the connection short of using someone else's internet > > connection? > > > > I googled the hell out of this problem and came up empty. Forgive me if this > > has already been asked a bazillion times. > > The most likely explanation is that your ISP is blocking inbound port > 80 requests. Try changing to some random high-numbered port and see if > that helps. If your ISP is really evil, it may be doing other blocking > as well. Are you allowed to run servers? > > As for your second question, there are all sorts of sites on the web > that will grab a web page for you so that you can tell if it is > accessible. For example, you could use the w3c validator: > http://validator.w3.org/ > > Even if you don't care if the page is valid, the validator can still > tell you if it is accessible. > > Joshua. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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