Re: IIs 5.0 configoration problem in windows server 2000 -- can't connect to default web site from internet

From: Avi (avisemah_at_aol.com)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: 25 Feb 2004 13:25:43 -0800

"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message news:<OYU2Ci4#DHA.2524@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> "Avi" wrote:
> : I recently installed windows server 2000, which, by default, is
> : embedded with IIs 5.0 server. When I type http://localhost or
> : http://127.0.0.1 in the address bar of Internet Explorer, I do get to
> : connect to the default website, but when I type my computer's IP
> : address, I get the following error 'the page can not be displayed' .
> : On the other end, when I go to MS Dos and ping the IP address, I do
> : get a response (i.e., 4 lines of reply). My computer is connected,
> : along with another two computers' into a router, and the router is
> : connected to the internet with a DSL cable line.
> :
> : Even thogh my IP is dynamic, it remains constant as long as I don't
> : turn off my cable modem. The way I get my IP address is by going to
> : the following web site: http://oi.sfsu.edu/cgi-bin/student/whatsmyip
> : .I'm planning to get one in the future, and all I do right now is
> : testing the possibility to connect from outside to the default website
> : with the IP that, though dynamic, can serve the purpose of carrying
> : out that test, as I was told by the DSL cable company technician.
> : My first question is whether I'm correct to assume that typing my IP
> : address in the IE will display the default page of the Default
> : website. And if that assumption is correct, then what am I missing in
> : terms of configurtion? I'm not so knowledgeable with the terminology,
> : but I can say that there is no so-called 'friendly text'( I believe
> : it's called DSN) associated with the default website. I have not
> : populated any text field of any form whatsoever of windows 2000
> : server (configuration form) with the IP address. Is it possible that
> : an attempt to connect to the website through the server is not routed
> : to the server, since the router is connected to the windows 2000
> : server computer, and another 2 computers? In that case should I
> : configure the router in some manner? Or is there something I need to
> : do with respect to the setup of the IIS 5.0. I've tried to do several
> : things by trial and error, and none of my attempts yielded good
> : results. I went to the router website (typing 192.168.0.1 in the IE
> : addres bar), and I placed my IP address in in fields where I believed
> : doing so might direct attempted internet connectionto to open my
> : default website, but of course it was all to no avail.
> :
> :
> : It's been two days of actually my self being glued to the computer and
> : trying to find a similar case like mine on the net, or maybe just
> : plain instructions what one needs to do in order to achieve a
> : connection from outside to my website through the IP address. All the
> : explanations seem to relate a bit to my problem, but none is adequate.
> :
> : If someone could help me in that matter, I will be greatly
> : sppreciative. I have a hunch that the solution to the problem is so
> : simple that it hardly even merits being documented, but of course, to
> : me, someone to whom this all configuartion stuff is new, let alone the
> : terminology, it can take forever unless someone can pour some light on
> : the issue.
>
> Inside your private network you can get to your IIS server, if it is also on
> your private network by the IP address, the computer name or the FQDN (fully
> qualified domain name).
>
> When you say, "my computer", do you mean your workstation or your server
> running IIS?
>
> If your router is 192.168.0.1 and your server is 192.168.0.2, then you could
> get there with http://192.168.0.2
> If you are OUTSIDE your private network, the you have to use your PUBLIC IP
> address or public FQDN, which your ISP manages. Your router will have to
> route port 80 inbound to the private IP address of your web server.
>
> HTH...
>
> --
> Roland Hall
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> How-to: Windows 2000 DNS:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308201

Hi Rolland,

Thank you for your prompt reply. Sorry for having been vague when I
used the term 'my computer'. When I used it saying 'my computer's ip
address' in my first post, I meant for the IP that each of the
computers connected to the router will get when going to a website
that tells the user of the Ip adress, such as
http://oi.sfsu.edu/cgi-bin/student/whatsmyip. When I used the term my
computer saying that it is ' is connected, along with another two
computers' into a router' I meant for the computer where the dfault
wevsite and the IIS 5.0 is (192.168.0.2).

I read what you said about OUTSIDE connection, and I would appreciate
it if you could tell me what I have to do in order to uset eh PUBLIC
IP
 to get from outside into the website. Do I need to tweak the router?
If so, please tell me exactly what I need to do, since my previous
attempts to change the settings did not really help me.

Thank you in advance

Avi

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