Setting up apache web server behind a router

[Marco Segreto]

Steve Reilly wrote:
> Marco Segreto wrote:
>   
>> I have Ubuntu 8.10 server set up on my network which is connect to the 
>> internet through a linksys router. I wanted to be able to access 
>> websites on my server but need to go through a port besides 80 because 
>> the router blocks this port. I've enabled port forewarding on port 8080 
>> on my router and have set up a static IP for my linux machine. When I 
>> try and connect to my server with myserver.net:8080 it still times out. 
>> I'm pretty sure I set up everything correctly though.  Here's my 
>> ports.conf file in the apache2 folder:
>>
>>    NameVirtualHost *:80
>>    Listen 80
>>    Listen 8080
>>
>> <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
>>    #
>>    #
>>    Listen 443
>> </IfModule>
>>
>> I tried switching to VirtualHost *:8080 as well as changing it in the 
>> default file in the sites-available folder but it didn't work either. 
>> I've done this before on my Hardy system and I had no NameVirtualHost 
>> option so I'm not really sure why it's there now.
>>
>>     
>
> does your /etc/apache2/sites-available/default   look like this?
>
> NamevirtualHost *:80
>         <VirtualHost *:80>
>         ServerName mysite.com
>         ServerAlias mysite.com
>         ServerAdmin sfreilly at roadrunner.com
>         DocumentRoot /var/www/serendipity
>         CustomLog /var/log/apache2/mysite-access.log common
>         </VirtualHost>
>
> but with the port changed to 8080?  and have you restarted apache for
> changes to take effect.
>
>
> steve
>   

I set up my sites-available/default like said above and still no luck. I 
can connect to the site from my linux machine with the command:

 lynx localhost:8080 

OR

lynx mysite.net:8080

I still can't connect to the site from another computer though. I'm 
using dyndns to attach a domain name to my ip address as well. I can use 
the domain name to connect to my server with ssh but I can't see the 
webpage in a browser. I also restarted apache with

etc/init.d/apache2 reload. 

Theres other things in the sites-availabe/default file that I didn't 
touch like <Directory /var/www/> or <Directory "/usr/share/doc/">. Could 
part of it be causing a problem?

Marco