having probs with dns and webserver

Forum: Networking
Topic: having probs with dns and webserver
started by: ardyandkari

Posted by ardyandkari on Mar. 02 2006,03:58

hi im having a little prob.

i am trying to host my fathers web page on my dslbox. having lots of problems.
i have registered the domain name www.lloydcyschultzelectric.com at godaddy.com
i have changed the nameservers over to ns1.afraid.org, ns2......ns3.....
the dns is at freedns.afraid.org (the reason i used this and didnt host with godaddy is that i wanted the challenge of learning something new and it costs too much money for one page and a pic. if you would like to see what it is click < here >. it is hosted through geocities.)
now...i think that i am having an ip address problem. i have cable internet through charter. i have 2 computers, one on windows, one on dsl. the windows is set to automatically detect ip addresses. i have the dsl address set. i tried to use both the router address and the dsl address when i was trying to configure the domain through freedns.afraid.org. neither one works on computers outside of my network. if i load the page within my network it loads right away.....really confused....any help would be appreciated. sorry for the long rambling post, i just dont know what to put here, so i put everything

thanks again.........

Posted by ardyandkari on Mar. 02 2006,04:02

just tried to ping www.lloydcyschultzelectric.com from my windows computer and it worked kinda too well....there was a 0ns delay...i think that this means that my router is working as the dns for my network, but the cable modem is blocking incomming traffic from seeing the ip....any thoughts ???or any ideas from my last post???

Posted by roberts on Mar. 02 2006,16:04

I don't have much experience with cable modem systems.
But could it be, that the cable company does not allow their user accounts to host such services? I have heard of just such, no mail or web hosting allowed. Or is this a port forwarding issue?

Posted by ardyandkari on Mar. 02 2006,21:04

ok...i dont know what this port forwarding issue could be, but i have monkey configured for port 80(http). maybe if i post the monkey configuration that would help.....

Posted by ardyandkari on Mar. 02 2006,21:09

---here it is---

# Monkey HTTP Daemon - Configuration
# ==================================
# Here the variable principals of the program are defined in respect
# to the configuration of the different types of directives.

# Server_root :
# -------------
# This variable corresponds to the location of the main server directory
# of the web pages, where the files of your site are located.
#
# Example:
# Server_root /home/krypton/htdocs
#

Server_root /opt/lloyd
# Port :
# ------
# Port is the number of the door in which Monkey will be listened through
# connections and petitions. This number can have any value between 1 and
# 65535. Whatever specified number less than or equal to 1024, only will
# be able to be established as a connection door if the user posesses
# privledges of Root.

Port 80

# ServerName :
# ------------
# Allow you to set a host and domain name (e.g monkey.linuxchile.cl). If
# you are working in a local network just set your IP address or if you
# are working like localhost set your loopback address (127.0.0.1).

I dont know if this is set correctly or not either.......

ServerName www.lloydcyschultzelectric.com

# Timeout :
# ---------
# The lasgest span of time expressed in seconds during which you should
# wait to recive the information or waiting time for the remote host to
# accept an answer. (Timeout > 0)

Timeout 15

# MaxClients :
# ------------
# Limit on the number of clients who can simultaneously connect.

MaxClients 20

# PidFile:
# --------
# File where the server guards the process number when starting.

PidFile /opt/monkey-0.9.1/logs/monkey.pid

# AccessLog:
# ----------
# Registration file of correct request.

AccessLog /opt/monkey-0.9.1/logs/access.log

# ErrorLog:
# ---------
# Registration file of incorrect request.

ErrorLog /opt/monkey-0.9.1/logs/error.log

# UserDir:
# --------
# Directory name for users home (/~user).

UserDir /opt/lloyd/user
# Indexfile :
# -----------
# Number of the inicial file of aperture when calling a directory.

Indexfile index.html index.htm

# Server_ScriptAlias :
# --------------------
# If you which to have CGI support (Common Gateway Interface), you should
# define the directory where the executive scripts will be found,for that,
# you should define an alias directory towards the original of the
# following form:
#
# Server_ScriptAlias /name_of_alias/ original_path
#

#Server_ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /opt/monkey-0.9.1/cgi-bin

# GetDir :
# --------
# In case a starting file cannot be found for the required route through
# the browser, it's possible to send the information from the directory
# with it's respective contents (values on/off).

GetDir on

# HideVersion :
# -------------
# For security reasons, sometimes people want to hide the version of his
# own webserver to clients (values on/off).

HideVersion on

# Resume:
# -------
# Allow to retrieve chunks of file (values on/off).

Resume on

# User :
# ------
# If you want the webserver to run as a process of a defined user, you can
# define it in this variable, so that the change of the user can done,
# it's necessary to execute Monkey with root priviledges. In case it's
# started by a user that doesn't have root priviledges, this variable will
# be omitted.

#User nobody

# AddScript
# ------------
# If you which to process some file through an interpreter like PHP, you
# can specify it with the following format:
#
# AddScript mime_type source_path_binary extension
#
# Example for PHP4.x:
# --------------------
# AddScript application/x-httpd-php /home/my_home/php/bin/php php
#
# The above example defines that whatever file, it's extension being
# "php", should be processed through by "/home/my_home/php/bin/php"
#

#AddScript application/x-httpd-php /home/my_home/php/bin/php php
#AddScript application/x-httpd-php /home/my_home/php/bin/php php3

# VIRTUAL HOST :
# --------------
# Virtualhost allow you to serve different files in different directories
# all this directioned through the host address, which is sent through the
# browser.
#
# Example:
#
# If you want to define for example www.example.org, when the request
# arrives to the machine (supposedly already accepted through DNS server),
# you should add the following entries:
#
<Virtualhost>
VirtualServerName www.lloydcyschultzelectric.com
VirtualDocumentRoot /opt/lloyd
# VirtualScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/web/example/cgi-bin
VirtualForceGetDir off
</Virtualhost>
#
# If you don't have a DNS Server installed, you can add your
# virtual addresses in /etc/host and play with the loopback interface. =)
#

# -----------------
# ADVANCED CONFIG
# -----------------
# Just change the next variables if you know what are you doing.

# KeepAlive :
# -----------
# Allow persistent connections. (on/off)

KeepAlive on

# MaxKeepAliveRequest
# -------------------
# Maximun number of request per connection. (value > 0)

MaxKeepAliveRequest 20

# KeepAliveTimeout
# ----------------
# Number of seconds to wait for the next request in a persistent
# connection (value > 0).

KeepAliveTimeout 15

# Include
# -------
# Allow you have your configure file in separate files.
#
# Example:
# Include virtualhost.conf

# Header_file and Footer_file
# ---------------------------
#
# This variables allow you show information of configured files when
# full directories are shown
#
Header_file .header
Footer_file .footer
#
#
# This files could exist in directories to show.

# Max_IP
# ------
#
# Allow define the maximum of client connections
# from same IP address to server (value = 0 disable this feature).

Max_IP 5

# SymLink
# -------
# Allow request to symbolic link files.
#

SymLink Off

---also, do i need a dns installed on my computer for this???---