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| Powell Benedict 2004-09-28, 3:29 am |
| All,
I am running Windows 2003 server and host my own web site with IIS on it. I
have no problem accessing the web site from anywhere outside my LAN or from
other machines on my network except the web server itself. If I run IE on
the W2K3 box and enter my URL or IP I get nothing, it justs eventully times
out saying that the web page cannot be displayed.
The server can ping itself, I am logged in as admin, and I can't see
anything that might be wrong. Anybody have any ideas I can try?
Thanks!!
Powell
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| Jeff Cochran 2004-09-28, 5:56 pm |
| On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:04:51 -0400, "Powell Benedict"
<powell@nospam.sentient-software.com> wrote:
>I am running Windows 2003 server and host my own web site with IIS on it. I
>have no problem accessing the web site from anywhere outside my LAN or from
>other machines on my network except the web server itself. If I run IE on
>the W2K3 box and enter my URL or IP I get nothing, it justs eventully times
>out saying that the web page cannot be displayed.
>
>The server can ping itself, I am logged in as admin, and I can't see
>anything that might be wrong. Anybody have any ideas I can try?
Does "localhost" work? Using host headers? I assume you mean the
physical IP of the box, not the external IP if you're behind a router.
Jeff
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| Powell Benedict 2004-09-28, 5:56 pm |
| Localhost wasn't working either. But your statement raises a concern in my
mind (demonstrating my ignorance of all of this). Why shouldn't my external
IP work from behind the router for the box that hosts IIS? It works from
the other machines on my LAN which are behind the router.
I found the problem, however (and this may be related to you statement): my
firewall was blocking it for some reason. I temporarily removed the
firewall and it worked just fine. I have some other problems with this
firewall so I'm getting a better one from SonicWall, they are sending me an
eval one so I'll make sure all works.
Thanks!!
Powell
P.S. Very curious about your statement though, makes me think it's something
I ought to know.
"Jeff Cochran" <jeff.nospam@zina.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:04:51 -0400, "Powell Benedict"
> <powell@nospam.sentient-software.com> wrote:
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> Does "localhost" work? Using host headers? I assume you mean the
> physical IP of the box, not the external IP if you're behind a router.
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> Jeff
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| Jeff Cochran 2004-09-28, 9:13 pm |
| On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:32:53 -0400, "Powell Benedict"
<powell@nospam.sentient-software.com> wrote:
>Localhost wasn't working either. But your statement raises a concern in my
>mind (demonstrating my ignorance of all of this). Why shouldn't my external
>IP work from behind the router for the box that hosts IIS? It works from
>the other machines on my LAN which are behind the router.
It may or may not. Many firewalls/broadband routers won't allow this.
It really depoends on the hardwrae and your configuration, as well as
whether or not the internal address is NAT'd.
>I found the problem, however (and this may be related to you statement): my
>firewall was blocking it for some reason. I temporarily removed the
>firewall and it worked just fine. I have some other problems with this
>firewall so I'm getting a better one from SonicWall, they are sending me an
>eval one so I'll make sure all works.
You should be able to look at the firewall log and see why it was
blocked.
Jeff
>Thanks!!
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>Powell
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>P.S. Very curious about your statement though, makes me think it's something
>I ought to know.
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