PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED.
Was a DNS issue ( config.php referred to the internal 192.168.1.250 host as being the 'live site'
Hi all,
First of all : I'm new to SME server and have only read basic MASQ / iptables information, but maybe someone can help me with a problem.
I have successfully installed SME Server 7.x newest version in SERVER-ONLY mode. I have then used the /server-manager to create a basic webpage ( index.htm ) and this worked like a charm. I have proceeded to install Joomla on the server, which works perfectly. So far so good.
I have a perfectly running Joomla system, with PHP and MySQL all running fine. That is, from WITHIN a lan. As soon as I put a router between the host and the server, I get very strange problems.
The symptoms :
When I use the server in a lan , same IP subnet ( 192.168.x.x ) then I can do everything I want, SSH , web , php , server-manager etc.
But I want to use this server as a webserver from my home, so what I did I configured my router to NAT traffic from the outside to inside using the virtual server settings in the router. I know a little about networking and have done this many times, and it always worked.
Now I have done the same : Virtual servers 80 / 443 / 22 / 21 to forward traffic coming on the outside ports to the SME server inside and I left to work to try and connect.
What I get is very strange. I can still connect to the server using SSH , but after a few seconds of inactivity, the connection will 'hang'. If I keep typing etc, doing things, I can keep connected for hours. The webserver only displays simple HTML, it seems like the data from images and database are not returned, and I cannot access my ventrilo server or /server-administrator webpage.
I have no idea why NAT broke my server down so strangely, if I connect directly from the internal LAN, everything works fine.
I would love any advice on what I could do to solve my issue.
EDIT : I have tried to stop MASQ and iptables completely, this didn't change anything.
EDIT2: found someone with the same problem :
www.linuxforums.org/forum/servers/24614-over-my-head-mitel-server-sme.htmlNo solution posted there.
EDIT3: FTP works / SSH works / HTTP works but only half. that is the main problem. I see something appearing, but only half the info. Could it be Joomla security settings instead of SME ?
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