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imanewbe

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#54573 18-Dec-2009 12:08

Hi.
I am running windows 7. I am using iis for the webserver

I have a webserver on my home pc which i can access from localhost and 127.0.0.1. I am unable to access it from any other computers on my internal home network or outside it.

I have been to dyndns.com and set up a dynamic ip. I can reach my router but not my webserver from the url dyndns gave me.

Any ideas?

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#283714 18-Dec-2009 12:13

It sounds like your firewall is preventing access to the server. Check the firewall configuration to accept incoming connections on port 80.

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#283716 18-Dec-2009 12:18

Your Firewall may be blocking it,

Either allow IIS in your firewall or port 80

To access it externally you will need to forward port 80 on your router to direct it to your local pc

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#283717 18-Dec-2009 12:20

My Firewall is off completely.

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#283718 18-Dec-2009 12:22

I tried setting up portforward but had trouble figuring out exactly how to do it. I have been to http://portforward.com/ but am still comfused. The router i have is DSL-G604T wireless ADSL Router

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#283721 18-Dec-2009 12:31

If the firewall on the Windows7 PC is disabled and you still can't connect to that machine from within your local LAN I'd focus on that issue first before you look at your router.

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#283724 18-Dec-2009 12:41

How would i go about trying to connect to the webserver from other computers on my local LAN?

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#283725 18-Dec-2009 12:50

How do you think?? Use the IP address (give it a static address) of the machine is what most people do.

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#283726 18-Dec-2009 12:54

I have a static ip address. 10.1.1.1. When i go to it from a web browser it comes up with "cannot display the webpage"

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#283727 18-Dec-2009 12:54

I mean 10.1.1.3

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#283730 18-Dec-2009 13:04

Anything in the logs?

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#283732 18-Dec-2009 13:06

How do i check them?

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#283739 18-Dec-2009 13:16

Ok, I think you might not have a IIS problem at all. Your first post you say "am unable to access it from any other computers on my internal home network" then later you ask how to access from inside your network.

Basics: your server is on port 80. It uses HTTP so you need to first make sure it works on your PC - which you've done.

Now open a browser on another PC and go to http://[IPaddress of your server]. If nothing comes up there may be some reasons:

- your PC has a software firewall that is blocking it;
- you are using the wrong IP address;
- you are running a virtual domain on IIS, which means on your browser you have to enter a domain name, in which case you either change it to be default domain, or on your client PC you open the hosts file (\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) and add an entry pointing the domain to that IP address - then try again using http://[domain] instead;

The logs will be by default on \inetpub\logs.

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#283740 18-Dec-2009 13:16

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=iis+logs

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#283744 18-Dec-2009 13:24

imanewbe:
I can reach my router but not my webserver from the url dyndns gave me.
Any ideas?

This is because not all routers support "local loop back" for external addresses pointing at internal servers. It might be an option in your router, depends on the make/model.

Alternatively you can just add a hosts file entry for the address that points at the lan ip for the web server on your machine on your other local machines.

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#283747 18-Dec-2009 13:25

OK. I have opened up the hosts file. It has this in it:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost

what do you mean by domain? Im a bit of a noob sorry. Is it like my computer name.

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