[nzlug] Apache not seen from Internet

[Rob Wood]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stefan Schulz (Professional Web Solutions)" <stefan at pws.co.nz>
To: <nzlug at linux.net.nz>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 5:56 PM
Subject: [nzlug] Apache not seen from Internet


> Hi everyone,
>
> I guess I am simply overlooking the obvious?!?
> I would like to open my server Kubuntu Feisty, Apache2 (192.168.0.200)
> for testing to the Internet.
> On my firewall/router with a static IP address I opened port 8080 to be
> forwarded to 192.168.0.200 port 80.
> I verified this with pcflank.com 's port scanner. It shows my port 8080
> on the firewall as open.
> Internally I can see the servers default website from different
> computers using 192.168.0.200 or 192.168.0.200:80 - so that is fine too.
> Here is apache's setting (for this site):


Hi, I had the same problem; you cannot easily get on to your web server from 
your internal LAN but I used to get over it by using a spare machine with a 
modem to dial up to my ISP and it would work a treat.  Not sophisticated but 
effective.

Woodsey