Problem :
Recently my router died and we have installed a spanking new fibre system with a new Google Wi-Fi mesh. Unfortunately the website on my RP no longer loads. I have assigned a new static IP to the Pi on my router but that didn’t work.
The system is an Apache2, PHP, MySQL setup. I loaded up a fresh SD card with a new WordPress database which worked fine on that IP.
Presumably in my tinkering I’ve messed up some settings but as a bit of an amateur, it’s beyond me what I’ve done.
It returns this message-
This site can’t be reached www.davidhallows.com refused to connect.
Any help would be awesome, there’s a whole load of blog posts I could do with not losing.
Solution :
It is really hard to give a good reply with so few details but my first guess would be that you have a firewall blocking ports 80 and 443 making your website unreachable.
Try to look in your router config to open those ports and forward them to your RPI’s IP address:
- Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
- Tap Wi-Fi and then Settings and then Advanced Networking.
- Tap Port management and then Add .
- Select the tab for the type of IP address you’re forwarding.
- Select a device.
- Add your internal and external ports.
- For IPv4: Choose an internal port used by the device on the local network and an external port on the WAN. You can enter a single port number (#) or a port range (####-####).
Note: When entering a port range internal and external ranges need to be the same. This is not the case for single port forwarding. - For IPv6: Enter the port range.
Note: Some devices will suggest what ports to use, while others let you choose. If you don’t know which ports to forward, contact the device manufacturer or check the device’s manual.
- For IPv4: Choose an internal port used by the device on the local network and an external port on the WAN. You can enter a single port number (#) or a port range (####-####).
- Choose either Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), or TCP/UDP. These are different protocols used to send data over the internet.
- Tap Save .
(instructions from: https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/6274503?hl=en)