[wellylug] Problem accessing local URL with browser

[Roger Young]

Thanks Jethro,

> what exactly do you mean by:
> > I have a program which uses Firefox to connect
> > to a port on my home machine (Beauty). 

   Well, it's an FE program which uses the browser
   to access documentation. I have to connect to the
   local address 

    http://beauty:2080/v6.5/index.html

> have you made sure your firewall is not blocking connections on that
> port?
> 
> (try "telnet beauty 2080" -it should connect to the webserver. If not,
> the firewall is a likely cause.)

   You're right, I do have a firewall set up (in the router), and if 
   I try to connect to that particular port then I get

   root at Beauty:/etc# telnet beauty 2080
   Trying 10.1.1.2...
   telnet: connect to address 10.1.1.2: Connection refused

   But I don't really understand because only incoming filters are
   operating, there are no outgoing filters. Since I am behind
   the firewall, I didn't think there would be a problem. What do
   I have to do to fix the problem?

   Roger
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:19:59 +1200
Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 22:14 +1200, Roger Young wrote:
> > I have a program which uses Firefox to connect
> > to a port on my home machine (Beauty). At least it tries to,
> > but the internet proxy (Privoxy) reports that
> > 
> > "Your request for http://beauty:2080/v6.5/index.html could 
> > not be fulfilled, because the connection to 
> > beauty (10.1.1.2) could not be established."
> > 
> > I can telnet successfully to this IP number. If I disable the
> > proxy then I get a "connection was refused" error. I'm not
> > sure where to look next. Can someone enlighten me?
> 
> what exactly do you mean by:
> > I have a program which uses Firefox to connect
> > to a port on my home machine (Beauty). 
> 
> 
> suggestions - sounds obvious, but always a possibility:
> 
> have you made sure your firewall is not blocking connections on that
> port?
> 
> (try "telnet beauty 2080" -it should connect to the webserver. If not,
> the firewall is a likely cause.)
> 
> 
> cheers,
> 
> -- 
> Jethro Carr
> 
> www.jethrocarr.com
> www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php
> 

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