Re: Getting IIS on an Intranet

From: Tom Kaminski [MVP] ((A_at_T))
Date: 03/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:48:55 -0500

"Gummy" <nowhere@someplace.com> wrote in message
news:112emdg7tupdc99@corp.supernews.com...
> With Windows 2000, I currently use IIS 6 on my laptop as the server for a
> little intranet site I've made with .NET.

If it's Windows 2000, then it's IIS 5.

> I now have an extra machine and want to set that up as the Server (be
aware
> that I don't exactly understand the difference between a real "server" and
> just using my machine as the server for the intranet site I've made on my
> company's intranet).

Technically there is no difference. A "server" is just a machine that sits
on a network and waits for requests for things from network clients.

> I installed IIS on the new machine and can see the Index.htm on that
machine
> when I enter //localhost/test, as I would expect. The problem is that when
I
> try and access that site from another machine on the network, such as
> //machinename/test and the site does not come up. As a matter of fact, I
get
> the search.msn results saying I couldn't find any sites, etc.

What happens when you try http://ipofthemachine?

> I am certain the machine is on the network because I can access its shared
> drive, plus I can see the laptop website from it as well.

What happens when you ping machniename? What happens when you ping the IP?
(from other pc's of course)

> When I try and look at the site, it says its connecting. I even see the IP
> address in the status bar of the machine. But I just wind up with either
the
> MSN site saying it can't find it.
>
> I've gone through just about all the settings and compared it to the
machine
> that does work.
>
> Any ideas of what I am doing wrong?

Is there a firewall running on the machine? Any network devices such as
routers that might be in the way? 

-- 
Tom Kaminski IIS MVP
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