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Date:      Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:09:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Spidey <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>
Cc:        Questions=answers <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Configure my server names...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808181509030.19286-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980818110237.27813C-100000@outpost.nada.org>

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On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Spidey wrote:

> Hi again!
> 
> For info, uname -a:
> FreeBSD outpost.nada.org 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE #0: Fri Aug
> 7 10:55:47 EDT 1998
> beaupran@outpost.nada.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/HALL  i386
> 
> I recently installed apache on my system. When I try to connect to my own
> server using http://localhost , everything's fine and it's connecting.
> However, when I try http://outpost.nada.org (see above) it says:
> 
> A network error occurred, the server may be down or unreachable...

And the reason: line??  Netscape puts that up for 90% of network errors.

Try 'telnet outpost.nada.org 80' and see what happens.  If you get
connected then it's not a DNS or Apache problem.

> # $Id: host.conf,v 1.2 1993/11/07 01:02:57 wollman Exp $
> # Default is to use the nameserver first
> bind
> # If that doesn't work, then try the /etc/hosts file
> hosts

You should flip these.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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