Re: My Internet server is not available to my friends

From: Sooner Al (SoonerAl_at_somewhere.net.invalid)
Date: 08/02/04 

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 04:57:43 -0500

Is your ISP blocking TCP Port 80 (IIS)? It may be against the terms of agreement to run personal web
servers and your ISP is blocking that port for everyone if your not using a business class service. 

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"hotingzilla" <hotingzilla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:A015ADEE-9F15-4499-A624-C5BDE5B43E47@microsoft.com...
>I have set up an IIS server on my XP Pro. It works fine for me: http://localhost works, 127.0.0.1 
>works and typing my IP my ISP gave also works. But it doesn't for my friends who try to access my 
>site via my IP. I have a router and I seem to have opened the correct port. What am I missing here?

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