Re: IIS 5.1 XP PRO HELP PLEASEEEEE

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I have been trying for over a week to install and configure IIS in XP Pro.
I installed it set my firewall (Comodo) to allow connections both ways from
ports 21 and 80, configured my Linksys router for port forwarding, also
enabled DDNS service which with Linksys you have to use either DynDNS.org
or TZO to keep your IP address in your router updated (I chose DynDNS
because it's free).

for dyndns or tzo doesn't keep your ip address updated, your isp assigns you
the ip address. the ddns service quickly reassociates a dynamically assigne
ip address to a domain name.

Internet Connection Type is automatic configuration - DHCP. Unchecked
block anonoymous.
I can type in ftp://localhost and see all my files, I can run netstat from
the cmd prompt and it says listening.

I thought having the server installed on my pc would allow someone to
connect to my ftp server but no one can. Someone told me in order to
connect to my server I had to purchase a domain which I did from
godaddy.com. Godaddy.com wants to know my server name so that they can
tell me how to configure my domain name to connect to my server.

you do not need a domain name to allow people to connect to your server.
they can use the external ip address (the one assigned to the router by your
isp). this is of course assuming that your isp assigned ip address is
visible from outside their network. not all of them are, some isp's use nat
because they don't have enough ips for all their users, in cases like this
there is no way without your isp's assistance to set up a server on their
networks that can be accessed from outside.



I thought when I installed it and in advanced properties of the default
site I entered a host name that this is what someone would type into their
browser to get to my files instead of having to know my IP address.

no, the domain name must be associated with your external ip address.


I'm sorry I have googled for over a week and read hundreds of articles
regarding this and basically it ends with now east coast can connect to
west coast pc, but it doesn't say how. Most articles are referring to OS
Vista or Windows Server 2003 and some of the instructions they have I
don't have those options in XP Pro IIS v.5.1

Does IIS depend on ASP.net? Should that be enabled because when it is
running every time I shut down or restart my computer I get a message
saying asp.net couldn't write to memory. When updates automatically added
ASP.net to the user accounts I removed it because I did not like the sign
on screen Do I need to add it back? Do I need to compose a document to go
in the root folder? What is my server address, the one that godaddy is
asking for to set my domain to connect to? If I am just using IIS what
address do I give to people to connect to my files?

give them your isp assigned address. or if you have associated the isp
address with a domain name then that should work once the ddns service has
the right name and your router updates their database.


When I started out this all seemed so simple but it has turned into a
nightmare trying to figure out what I am doing wrong.

it is possible you are doing nothing wrong. some isp's block those ports so
you can't set up servers. from isp's like that you can try another port,
though don't be surprised if nothing works.


Can someone please give me some answers. Everything says do this and do
that and you are up and running sharing files across the internet. They
make me feel like an idiot that I can't make this work!!!

TIA for ANY and ALL advice or direction.



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