Issue reaching server

[leebaldwin]

Ok, excuse me if this is a little on the noob side. I installed Centos 5.latest version and then installed Apache 2.0.63. For some reason I cannot access my server using the IP Address. when I do a hostname --ip it gives me a 67.*.*.* address, but I can terminal into it using the 192.168.1.3 ip i gave it. Any ideas on what I am missing here.

[Kloschüssel]

is this server behind a router/firewall? if so set up proper port forward rules in your firewall.

[leebaldwin]

my setup is comcast cable modem -> linksys wrt54g w/ built in 4 port switch -> server

[rcgreen]

Are you trying to reach the server from the internet?

[leebaldwin]

No, this should simply be a internal server for my web development projects. i have a hosted server for live sites that i do not admin.

[rcgreen]

If you have other computers connected to the same router,
they should be on the same subnet as the server, or rather, if
a pc automatically gets an address in the 192.168.1 range, then that
is the appropriate address for the server. You should be able
to reach it by that address.

[Kloschüssel]

If you have other computers connected to the same router,
they should be on the same subnet as the server, or rather, if
a pc automatically gets an address in the 192.168.1 range, then that
is the appropriate address for the server. You should be able
to reach it by that address.

correct. you probably entered the public ip address to access your server/router, or am i wrong? if so, just enter the local IP (out of 192.168.1.0/24) address and you're settled.

SIDENOTE:
if you get confused with networks and how data "flows" through it, draw yourself a small picture with all subnets on it and put connections in between where one can pass the borders of the subnets into another subnet. this really helps to understand complicated configurations and to find possible problems as it is much easier if you visualize it in some or the other way.

[leebaldwin]

No I am entering in the 192.168.1.3 address that I set up in the server. My other server is at 192.168.1.2 and the router is accessed via the 192.168.1.1. The subnet is 255.255.255.0.

[leebaldwin]

I ran an ifconfig and here is the output:

[*********@sandy ~]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:08:74:DC:84:19
          inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::208:74ff:fedc:8419/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:120 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:92 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:13103 (12.7 KiB)  TX bytes:12113 (11.8 KiB)