Topic: Server suddenly stopped working externally...

[FireWire]

My SME server just suddenly decided to stop working as a webserver. Everything still works fine locally, but I can't access any of the pages externally anymore. Any ideas why this could have happened?

[FireWire]

I love the active support on this forum...

[Anonymous]

Ok, Heres an answer.

Buggered if I know - perhaps its a problem with your ISP.

[wyron]

Have you any way to check your DNS-suppliers setup ?
A glitch here is the most probable cause.
If your DNS-supplier = your ISP, call their support.
Are you still receiving mail from the outside? If not, your nic might have called in its chips, but then again, if you can browse the internet from home we're back to square one.
Hope this helps - otherwise just bang your head against the wall for ten or twenty seconds - its such a relief when it stops! - an then ask again in this thread . . for a while it will probably feel just the same way. On the other hand, if you need a specific reply, just supply some more specific info (Server/Gateway or.., behind a router or.. you can probably figure out the rest for yourself).

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the replies. I wasn't able to fix the problem, so I just formatted and started fresh again. I think there was something wrong with the server's config. I contacted my ISP, and everything was working fine from their end. I also checked my setup over many times, and found nothing wrong with it.

I am also wondering, how does the SME Server handle PHP message boards/forums? I used to have a message board on my previous setup...