apache stoped working?

**pnewby** · November 6th, 2003, 01:05 PM

it was working when i went to bed last night and this morning i get up and i can't access my site from my ip???? it says that apache is running and i have tryed shuting it down and starting it back up and i tryed the repair installation and it still does not work? i go to my ip and its like there is nothing there????

**drizzle** · November 6th, 2003, 01:18 PM

You're trying to access it by your local IP address or your Internet address?

What happens when you try http://localhost on the machine apache is running on?

**pnewby** · November 6th, 2003, 03:25 PM

it works when i try http://localhost

**krohnjw** · November 6th, 2003, 03:56 PM

If localhost works then it sound like an issue with your name regstration or router config, ie not forwarding the port.
Try to ping it and make sure it is going to the correct IP.
Can you access the website by IP instead of hostname?

**pnewby** · November 6th, 2003, 03:59 PM

no i can't access it by ip, thats my entire problem, it worked less then 5 hours ago and then it stoped, i had already configured my router and all that good stuff? i just don't know why it would quit working

**pnewby** · November 6th, 2003, 04:15 PM

ok http://localhost just stoped working to? for no reason at all

**pnewby** · November 6th, 2003, 04:33 PM

ok localhost works again

**krohnjw** · November 6th, 2003, 04:36 PM

I see we have some updates

How are you set up here?
Have you rebooted your router / verified the configuration? Does an nmap or portscan show port 80 being open? Can you reach port 80 from outside at all?

If localhost works on port 80 then this is not an apache problem, you will need to troublshoot your network setup.

**pnewby** · November 6th, 2003, 04:39 PM

you have just lost me

**pnewby** · November 6th, 2003, 04:43 PM

nothing has changed since yesterday its all the same, i have no idea why it won't work, the only way i can access my website is from http://localhost, everything is the exact same as yesterday

**krohnjw** · November 6th, 2003, 04:45 PM

Ok, reboot your router, and just give me your ip if you feel comfortable. If you dont then you can go to here
http://grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2
and click on all service ports, make sure that 80 is open, it will need to be in order to access your website on the standard port.

I would also do a reboot of the router.

If port 80 shows open, and you still cannot get to your website, do a traceroute from a remote machine and see where it is timing out.

**pnewby** · November 6th, 2003, 04:48 PM

i don't see all service ports

**pnewby** · November 6th, 2003, 04:51 PM

i downloaded a port scanner and scaned my ip and it says that all my ports are closed

**pnewby** · November 6th, 2003, 04:56 PM

hey, i reset my router and redid my fowarding to port 80 and its working again, thx for the help =)

**krohnjw** · November 6th, 2003, 04:56 PM

If it says that all ports are closed then there will be a problem getting to port 80 on your computer eh

Reboot your router, then look at the config and make sure that port 80 is forwarded to your internal IP. A reboot might fix it if it is already forwarded in the config and merely stopped working.

edit: Good to hear