Client can't connect to Apache Server

[Sakui]

hi guys,

I have configured my apache on linux 9.I also configure a dns setting with all the zones and reocords.when i used dig command ,i get a answer section of the query. I used a cross over cable between the linux and windows clinet. I configured windows client with the ip address and DNS setting from my Linux box.On the windows client,i set the dns setting to be the ip address of linux box.when type www.internal.Unixlab.com on windows client i get an error saying page can't dispaly.but when type wwww.internal.Unixlab.com on the Linux box ,i see the web page dispaly.I can also ping both the linux and windows client by ip address and not by name.so what is problem with the client connect to the web page.

[Steven E. Protter]

1) Make sure the windows box can ping by name the Linux box. If it can not, continue to work with network configuration until ping connectivity is achieved.

2)Once ping connectivity is acheived, tail -f /etc/httpd/log/access_log on the Linux box. Attempt to connect from windows. You should see a log entry immediately. If not check the error_log file.

3) A problem with item 2 might require changes to httpd.conf to accomodate your networking configuration.

Problem seems as you state to be DNS related.

4) On Linux, tail -f /var/log/messages
Attempt dns lookups of the website that is hosted on Linux and look for errors.

Post more data after running some tests.

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[Karsten Breivik_1]

can you access the page using only the ipaddress of your unix server?

[Ivan Ferreira]

In windows, use Start - Run - nslookup, and try to resolve the address for www.internal.Unixlab.com