Allright I'm out of ideas but get the feeling that they answer will be simple just hard to track down.
I installed apache2 on Ubuntu 10 with newest kernal.
Everything works great when using a local machine to private ip but i get nothing with external ip.
no iptables set up yet, no firewall (well except router).
I got no connection on port 80 but it did stop bringing up my router login which is usually on port 80.
changed apache to 8080, same problem (router comes up again on 80)
my ISP sucks, so forwarded 62905 to 8080 which i have left apache listening to, no luck with 62905 either.
/etc/apache2/apache2.conf is the default config
/etc/apache2/ports.conf is only modified for 8080 instead of 80
/etc/apache2/sites-availablt/default has only been changed for 8080 instead of 80
So heres what i'm left with
1. The server is working fine since i get a local connection.
2. The port forwarding is working as when i had it on 80 my router login no longer came up.
3. Its also not my ISP's fault since the router login did not come up when using 80.

After 2 hours I'm calling it a night for me and apache. If anyone knows where else i should look to track down what i have set up wrong I would greatly appreciate it

netstat -tulpn
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8080 0.0.0:* LISTEN apache2
blah blah, nothing else on 8080 or 80

iptables -nL
Chain INPUT (Policy ACCEPT)
is blank
Chain FORWARD (Policy ACCEPT)
is blank
Chain OUTPUT (Policy ACCEPT)
is blank

hmm... im not going to be much help... but... install webmin its cute and funny and easy to configure stuff... and reinstall apache :P lolol yeh... like i said xD not much help