OT: Web server no longer works

Kevin Martin ktmdms at gmail.com
Thu Jul 3 18:12:07 UTC 2014


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.
> 
> Thanks - jon
> 
> 
> 
> 
Do a google search for microsoft and no-ip.  You may have gotten clobbered by microsoft.

Kevin


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