Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 15:25:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Daniel \\ The Bruce Keller" <dkeller@psln.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: services can't connect to local machine throup IP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906091525010.3005-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <375D0373.D34284C8@psln.com>
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On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Daniel \ The Bruce Keller wrote: > Hi, i am trying to set up a web server and ftp server on my computer > (running FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE). I have installed apache and can get the > default page (the one which just says apache is installed and working) > by going to http://localhost/. However if i attempt to connect using my > IP address ("http://206.155.61.155/") i can never connect. Does it sit there and spin, or does it give you an error? > The same happends with telnet and ftp. My IP changes every time i > dial into the internet, so i found my current one by doing a "netstat > -rn" and looking at the gateway for my localhost (this may very well > be the problem, is there a easier/correct way to find your current IP? > Thanks, I'm sure the answer is really simple, but it's about 5:00 AM > here so i really should get some sleep. Bruce Sounds like a misconfig on the network interface, or broken DNS lookups. 'netstat -a' may be useful. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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