trivial SSI doesn't work in apache2

I am running Debian Linux 3.1 (debian-31r8-i38g-netinst.iso) on a Dell Dimension 4100 desktop. (This host is 192.168.2.2 on my LAN.) I'm running apache2, and doing some "finger exercises" to get better acquainted.

I created a trivial SSI, following Linux System Administration (O'Reilly), and configured apache2 to serve it:

Document Root is /var/www in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.

I added

<Location /ssi>
Options Includes
</Location>

and

<Location /ssi>
Options IncludesNoExec
</Location>

to /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.

I ran:

# a2enmod include
This module is already enabled!

and

# /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload

I created /var/www/ssi, and in this directory I ran:

echo "top stuff" > top.html
echo "bottom stuff" > bottom.html

Then I created middle.shtml:

<!--#include virtual="top.html"-->
middle stuff!
<!--#include virtual="bottom.html"-->

Firefox serves my home page http://192.168.2.2 as expected.

When I point Firefox at http://192.168.2.2/middle.shtml
I expect to get the output:

top stuff
middle stuff!
bottom stuff

Instead, Firefox reports Error 404 ("Object not found!")

If I exectute:

If I point Firefox at http://192.168.2.2/ssi/middle.shtml

I get a single line of output:

"middlestuff" (the SSI's are not recognized).

What am I missing here?

Thanks for your help!

Best Regards,

Vwaju
New York City

 

From the internet, my home page is: http://jupiter.obliqueuniverse.org. (For reaons I haven't figured out yet, I can't reach my home page from my own LAN using the my domain name -- only the NAT IP address.)