On 16 Aug 2005 17:34:29 -0700, gehale@gmail.com wrote:

>I can ping and traceroute the domain name from the server. And my
>friends can access the domain name from the outside. I can access
>apache from localhost or loopback with no problem.
>
>The problem is for some reason the router get's confused when it try to
>address itself via port 80. (port 80 is not blocked, or outside people
>would not get to my page)
>
>When I ping the domain or external IP from the inside, or tracert it
>takes 1ms and 1 hop, it notices that i'm pinging itself and there is no
>need to go further.
>
>But when I try to open the page in IE, via domain name or external IP
>(with or without port info :80 or :8080) I get nothing...

Your router apparently doesn't know about NAT loopback.

-configure it (if possible)

or

-define your dyndns name behind 127.0.0.1 or behind your local
IP address in your host file so your dns client will resolve it
as a local address

or

-configure a http proxy _outside_ your network in your browser.

I posted more detailed info on this subject in this very group
in the recent past (January - June 2005).
--
) Kees Nuyt
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