Thread: Web Server

Okay.

I am completely new to this stuff, so, I sintalled Apache on my machine, set it up, and set it to listen on port 8000, but, I can't get to the /index page through the internet by typing http://<myip>/index.htm.

Help?

Two things
web servers traditionally listen on port 80
so when you type an address into your browser, it assumes port 80
you've set it to port 8000
so you'll need to tell the browser that
http://<myip><colon>8000/index.htm

second,
are you behind a NAT'd router?
cause if you are, you'll have to forward the port to your local IP if you are trying to access apache from an external IP

Originally Posted by Ynot

Two things
web servers traditionally listen on port 80
so when you type an address into your browser, it assumes port 80
you've set it to port 8000
so you'll need to tell the browser that
http://<myip><colon>8000/index.htm

second,
are you behind a NAT'd router?
cause if you are, you'll have to forward the port to your local IP if you are trying to access apache from an external IP

I thought that, and tried it, got the same error.

Second, I don't know what NAT'd means =3

And I am trying to get on it from the same PC.

what error are you getting?

*edit*
almost forgot
Firewall
is port 8000 firewalled?

Oh, just:

"
Error!
Could not connect to remote server

You tried to access the address http://.../index.html, which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the Web address (URL) is correctly spelled and punctuated, then try reloading the page.
"

And no, Port 8000 is not firewalled, and ports 80 and 1080 wouldn't work.

open up the command prompt, and type in
telnet <IP> 8000

that's telnet <space> <IP> <space> 8000

and post what it says