Re: OT: Web server no longer works
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.
Kevin
Thanks! It looks like you have hit the nail on the jackpot. M$ messes up again.
jon