[wellylug] Still off line

[Tim McNamara]

On Sunday, 16 January 2011 at 7:43 AM, John Durham wrote:

> May I add to the previous message that when accessed in house the server 
> responds as it should (as far as I can tell), but somehow all that and a 
> check of the cable connection is not enough to get it on line.
> 
> 


Are you able to tell us which steps that you used to verify that it was working locally? That is, did you open up a web browser on localhost 


This seems almost to be a DNS issue. Here are some things to check:


- Is your router forwarding packets to the correct local IP address?


When you refreshed your server, you may have deleted something that asked for a static IP address. Your router may be forwarding packets to the right address, but your server has been given another address via DCHP.



- Can your server reach the Internet?


If not, then the Internet can't reach you..


- Is the global DNS system sending requests to your server?


It could be the case that DNS is sending things to the wrong place. I don't think this is likely- as you've made local changes. However, can you ping your router's IP address? (Also, you'll want to log into the router's web admin page and enable responses to ping requests)


There are a few other things that could have gone wrong. In the meantime, you should consider using a remote hosting provider, uploading the HTML files and change the DNS records. That will give you some time while you're fixing your issues.


Tim
@timClicks
http://timmcnamara.co.nz/


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