On Thu, 2014-07-03 at 13:12 -0500, Kevin Martin wrote:
> On 07/03/2014 12:47 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>> I run a small weather station that acts as a web server. Recently it's
become impossible to
>> access it via the web, though I can still access it over my local network. Some
details:
>>
>> * My ISP is AT&T using their Uverse service.
>> * The server was accessible from the web a month or so ago.
>> * The server has web address
oaklandweather.no-ip.org, which currently
resolves to
>> 99.121.57.131, and probably will for some time.
>> * I can ping the server either over the LAN or via the web without trouble.
>> * An attempt to connect to the weather station as a web server (HTTP) times
out.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure that the Uverse gateway is set up correctly: It worked
properly in the past
>> and I haven't made any changes to it. An inspection of the settings
doesn't show anything
>> obviously wrong.
>>
>> Has AT&T changed its terms of service? I vaguely remember the terms of
service don't allow
>> customers to run servers; but I can't find any such restriction in documents
available on the
>> web. Also the (AT&T supplied) gateway has a function to explicitly open a
"pinhole" allowing
>> HTTP service from a computer on the customer side of the gateway.
> Do a google search for microsoft and no-ip. You may have gotten clobbered by
microsoft.
It looks like there may be further problems. Note that I can ping
oaklandweather.no-ip.org, but not connect to it as a web server. Is it
possible for M$ to mess up the DNS entry so that ping is resolved
correctly but HTTP is not? Here's the failure report from Konqueror:
The requested operation could not be completed
Timeout Error
Details of the Request:
* URL:
http://oaklandweather.no-ip.org/
* Protocol: http
* Date and Time: Thursday, July 03, 2014 12:26 PM
* Additional Information:
oaklandweather.no-ip.org: Socket
operation timed out
* Description:
Although contact was made with the server, a response was not
received within the amount of time allocated for the request as
follows:
* Timeout for establishing a connection: 20 seconds
* Timeout for receiving a response: 600 seconds
* Timeout for accessing proxy servers: 10 seconds...