Re: custom local web opening to server default page

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Hi Charles

I have checked the host header and it is registered on DNS records. I
checked the http://testweb site (without the default.aspx page name) to see
if it would load from the server and it did. I also used just testweb in the
address bar (on the server) and the web site loaded correctly. I do have SSL
enabled on this site as I am using it in place of the http://companyweb . I
need SSL enabled to allow access to the site from RWW on the outside of my
network. This configuration worked for around four months but I don't know
just what changed. It seems to be with just the http://testweb site since I
have another site along with the http://companyweb site that will load
without adding the default.aspx page name. They will both also load with
typing their respective names without htp:// at the front. I did try
removing the DNS record of the testweb site and adding it back but that
didn't resolve the problem. The Hosts files on the workstations and the
server look to be the default Windows files since there are no added entries
in them. It seems I'm running out of places to investigate!! Any other
suggestions are welcome.

Thanks
Jeff

""Charles Yang [MSFT]"" <v-chayan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Np1b8mIfFHA.1336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> HI Jeff,
>
> Thanks for using this newsgroup.
>
> From your description, I understand that you want to use http://testweb
> instead of http://testweb/default.aspx to open the website. If I
> misunderstood your concerns, please let me know.
>
> Generally speaking, I think this might be caused by the host header, in
> IIS
> we can use host header to access the internal website without typing the
> full DNS name. For example, we can type the companyweb to access the
> internal website then IIS uses the host name passed in the HTTP header to
> determine which site clients are requesting. So please make sure that the
> host header name of testweb is registered on DNS records or add it to the
> host files on both clients and SBS server, the files is located at
> %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\. Please also make sure that you have
> not
> enabled the SSL connection on this site. The host header does not support
> the SSL connections.
>
> Please also make sure that you have enabled default content page for this
> website, also make sure you select the default.aspx as the first choice or
> prior to default.htm if you put the same index page on the same directory
> on the %interpub\wwwroot with default websites.
>
>
> As your convenience, I would like to give you a KB article about how to
> host multiple websites on IIS 6:
>
> 324287 HOW TO: Use Host Header Names to Configure Multiple Web Sites in
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324287
>
> More info:
>
> Host website on windows
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/iis/default.asp?url=/windows2
> 000/en/server/iis/htm/core/iinmres.htm
>
> 816576 HOW TO: Create a New Virtual Server or Web Site in Internet
> Information
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816576
>
> Hope the above information helpful, if you have any further concerns,
> please let me know. I am here waiting for your updates.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles Yang (MSFT)
>
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