Anyone know anything about Apache?

[leapingfrog0]

Well, my friend installed Apache on his Win98 comp today and is trying to set it up so anyone can access his web server, but it isn't working.

/localhost/ works for him, but his webserver can't be accessed by anyone else.

He has tried editing the servername in the httpd.conf file to his IP address, and that didn't fid anything either.

Any ideas?

 

[JohnnyPC]

If he's on a cable modem then I woud presume that port 80 is being filtered by the ISP...

 

[leapingfrog0]

He is on DSL, would that be the same thing?

Does he have to change the port?

 

[Damascus]

The default listening port can be changed in httpd.conf from
80 to anything you like, but remember that to access the
site you'll have to type '111.222.333.444: portnumber'.

Also check to make sure that your friend tells his software
firewall to let Apache traffic through (if he has one).

 

[leapingfrog0]

Okay, he tried that and said that Apache shutsdown immediately.

Btw - he doesn't have a firewall, just a hub.

 

[Gaunt]

That could be your problem there... depending on how the hub is set up. Is there another computer between your friend's computer and the hub, or is the hub actually a router of some type that will do things like NAT? Basically my question is, is your friend's computer directly visible from the internet? If not, you will have to find a way to use port forwarding, or change the network configuration to have his machine directly accessable from the internet.

 

[khtm]

I have Apache running on Win98 too. He may need to edit the configuration file. I'm not on my PC right now, so I can't say exactly what line he needs to change, but he should look for something to do with "binding IP address". 127.0.0.1 (localhost) may already be there, but he needs to add the IP address that his ISP is providing him. Then he just needs to restart the server, and it should work.

PS. It's not the "Server Name" in the configuration file that I'm referring to. I believe the line he needs to change is about half-way down in the file.

 

[Gaunt]

Yes, there is an option for changing which IPs the server is bound to, and although I don't have it infront of me at the moment, I was guessing that it defaulted to all adapters. Anyhow, it would be a good thing to check.