Re: Troubleshooting unavailable website

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From: Jason Brown [MSFT] (i-brjaso_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:29:09 +1000

Sounds to me like you just need to add an exception in the XP SP2 firewall
settings. I take it you haven't already done this? 

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"Monte Grant" <dirdx@comcast.net> wrote in message 
news:uOoXb0YpEHA.648@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>A sharepoint teamservices site is the default site on an xp pro machine 
>w/anonymous access on port 80.
>
> The domain is redirected to the router's IP by an online service.  The 
> router forwards the http request to port 80 of the xp machine.
>
> This has worked smoothly for 2 years, until I installed xp sp2.
>
>
> Now I can access the site from the xp machine by typing http://localhost, 
> or by entering the local network private IP address on another networked 
> (behind the router) machine.
>
>
> There is a 2nd machine with an identical setup, except that it is a w2k 
> machine and that the router forwards to port 8081 for its Virtual Server. 
> It currently works properly and has an identical setup at the web redirect 
> service.
>
>
>
> If I try to get to the website via the internet, I get "Page cannot be 
> found"  "Cannot find server or dns error."
>
> How can I troubleshoot this problem?
>
> Nick
>

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