why is web access different from other tcp??

I'm trying to connect to a web page on a machine across a satellite link.
I can telnet and ftp to the target machine, so I know tcp connections work.
However, whenever I try to connect to the web server on the same machine
(httpd), I get an error "Error unknown - unknown error with URL". I'm
specifying the IP address of the server machine, not it's hostname.

If I connect a computer directly to the server machine's ethernet hub, I
can access the web server with no problem.

What is causing this problem??

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