Re: Apache/DSL Modem/Port Forwarding

[Elizabeth Barham <lizzy@soggytrousers.net>]

eric writes:

>   My isp qwest.net assigned dsl modem actiontec R1524SU, accord tech 
> support said it use port 80, he said If I am going to broadcast website,
>  I need to configure webserver to use other port and config modem to 
> forward that port, so I use port 70
> Listen 70
> in httpd.conf
> I tried http://(FQDN) or (public ip):70    it reponse connection refused-if
>  no appendix 70, then it show the modem 's configure page
> 
>  my apache test page still can be accessed by , http://localhost, 
> http://127.0.0.1, or http://192.168.0.2(shown in my ifconfig)

Can you access your Apache test page when httpd.conf is set to "Listen
70" like this:

     http://127.0.0.1:70

?. If so, then you may be experiencing a problem related to your DSL
modem.

Elizabeth