it can be alot of factors. if its a fw problem, e.g if you only have one public ip forwading it to your local host then you should have something like this in your shorewall/rules
DNAT net loc:192.168.1.5 tcp 8080 - x.x.x.your_public_ip On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 00:29:55 -0500, Lee Hoffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For some reason, I'm not getting replies to my posts, although I see them at > http://www.mail-archive.com/tomcat-user%40jakarta.apache.org/ > > Weird! > > Anyway, in regard to those replies: > >you can also add www.mydomain.com to your hosts file to test accessing > >the web server within your lan, if that failed check your dns or if it > >resolves to a public ip then check your fw > > > > > >On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:03:14 -0700, Hassan Schroeder > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Lee Hoffner wrote: > > > > > >> I've untarred and setup Tomcat 4.1.30 on my server and can get to > index.jsp > > > >just fine on my web server's 192.168.x.x:8080 address, but I get a > timeout > > > >error if I try to browse to www.mydomain.com:8080. > > > > > >Sounds like a basic networking problem -- > > > > > >1) does host/dig/nslookup resolve 'www.mydomain.com' to your address? > > > > > >2) if you're really trying this from "outside" your LAN, what's the > > > firewall/routing setup? (hint: try it from "inside" first!) > > > > > >HTH, > > >-- > > >Hassan Schroeder ----------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I don't have a DNS server here, just a /etc/hosts file. www.mydomain.com is > listed in the hosts file at 192.168.1.5 > nslookup finds www.mydomain.com at the public IP provided by my ISP. > Shorewall has the rule: > Action ACCEPT > Source Zone Net > Destination Zone <Any> > Protocol TCP > Source Ports Any > Destination Ports 8080 > DNAT or REDIRECT None > > Trying to access the domain:8080 from within this LAN results in a timeout. > Trying to access the domain:8080 from an office elsewhere results in an alert > that the connection was refused. > > I'm mystified. I'd be grateful for any help. Thank you! > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
