Hi all, I have installed a red hat 7.2 and configured a apache server as a standalone server, but I am unable to access the site with the IP ADD from a windows client machine. I have given ServerName as IP ADDRESS (of my web server machine). What else I need to check. pl. reply.......

Hi. The first thing to check is that the service (httpd) is actually running. Are you able to get a webpage to come up on your webserver? I mean, log in to your server, open a web browser and type in http://ip-address-of-server for the url and see if you get the default apache webpage. If not, the service is probably not running. Even after you configure Apache, you have to start it up. Romeo

Yes, you need to enter "service httpd status" at a command prompt. If it says it's stopped, then enter "service httpd start". If you don't have X-windows installed (because this is a server), then you can use the lynx browser, by entering "lynx your_ipaddress" at a command prompt to see if it can be accessed. If yes, and you still can't access it from your Windows machine(s), then you have a network problem. Good luck.

I am able to access index.html on the same linux machine(web server machine) by typing http://ip-address.Only unable to access it from the win client machine. shilpa

Sounds like a networking problem. Can you ping the Linux machine from your Windows machines? Can you connect to the Linux machine with the Windows machines in any other way? Do you have a firewall set up on your Linux machine and not allowing access to the http port? Run "lokkit" from a command prompt and "Customize" and then "Allow incoming:" and check the WWW (HTTP). Or, you could simply set lokkit to "No firewall". Restart the applicable daemons or reboot. Good luck.

You have to set variable ServerName=your machine name in httpd.conf file.