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Jose Cabrera Zuniga
Asked: 2018-05-26 07:48:43 +0800 CST

Connecting using ip address but not using web server name

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I am able to access the website of a server (running Linux Mint 18 Sylvia) that uses an http like:

http://myserver.house.pckhrest.edu

I can not do remote connection to myserver.house.pckhrest.edu but if I use its IP adddress then I can do the remote connection. I can ping this ip address but I can not ping using myserver.house.pckhrest.edu.

Is there any ufw firewall setting I am missing? I am trying to test my app and do remote web development.

Error messages:

  • If I try to use myserver.house.pckhrest.edu for RDP I get the message: 'Error connecting to host'.
  • For ping I get ping: unknown host

But if I use the IP address all goes through.

ubuntu

1 Answers

  1. I found the solution. For some reason I installed Firewalld and ufw at the same time (feel so ashamed) After I deleted Firewalld all went back to normal. I believe this could also be well if I eliminated only the ufw. Thanks

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