[wellylug] Still off line

[Mark Foster]

Plenty of good suggestions below, John.  Failing that, noting there’s been several rounds of advice given since your first post on New Years Eve, perhaps you need to consider contacting professional assistance.

 

http://www.linux.net.nz/node/view/14 has a list of several in the Wellington area.

 

In the end this is a users group, that is, a community of users who help eachother out.  That doesn’t necessarily extend to house-calls, anyone opting to do so is being particularly gracious.   I further note that it seems based on what’s been posted prior to now that the majority of the issues you’re experiencing aren’t specifically Linux related….

 

Regards

Mark.

 

 

 

From: wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz [mailto:wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz] On Behalf Of Tim McNamara
Sent: Monday, 17 January 2011 8:54 a.m.
To: Wellington Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [wellylug] Still off line

 

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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