RE: XP Pro & IIS connecting to localhost

Please try the following steps and tell me wat happens.
1. Go to the command prompt and type "telnet localhost 80"
If it says "Could not open connection to the host...." that means your IIS
is not running or listning on a different port. In that case verify the port
that the IIS is listning with ISM snap-in.
It this connects (you will get "Telnet localhost" on the command window with
a blank screen), press enter key few times and you will get some thing like
"HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request...."; that means your server is listning on the
correct port and you have to look at the web page setup. May be try to load
a simple page as the default page on the site to verify the server status.

Hope this helps.

"The Bryan" wrote:

> Hey guys, I was hoping someone chould shine the light for me on this
> situation: IIS is installed and MMC shows it running fine, but when I go to
> connect to the localhost I don't get anything; just the web site waiting for
> reply and ultimately timing out. My firewalls are set in regards to http/80.
> Am I missing something here?
.

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