Re: My Internet server is not available to my friends
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Date: 08/03/04
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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 06:59:47 -0700
It is very likely your ISP is blocking ports used by the
Web server (Port 80)and leaving less well known ports open
for use by gamers and file sharing apps. That way you
can't develop a killer website at home!
>-----Original Message-----
>What are your friends seeing when they try to access your
site? Until you
>create a default web page, your friends will see
an "under construction"
>page when they browse to your site.
>
>--
>Best of luck!
>
>Michael D. Alligood
>MCSA, MCP, CCNA, A+,
>Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI
>
>
>"hotingzilla" <hotingzilla@discussions.microsoft.com>
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>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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