[thelist] [Bulk] Re: How do i set up IIS7.0 with a router?

[Ben Joyce]

Have you got at page on the server to try and view?  What is the error
you see in the browser?  Is it a 500 error?  Complaining about "Cannot
find server or DNS" something something?

I shouldn't think a special name is required, just make sure you're
forwarding port 80 :)

On 12/29/07, Kevin Timmins <kipper_timmins at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi there,
> Ok i think i have done what you suggested. I edited the bindings and set the
> ip to my computers internal ip address set by the router, and the host to
> kwebd.co.uk
> When i click on it it goes to the right ip address, but it still doesn't
> seem to be communicating with the IIS program. Maybe it is still to do with
> the router? I will check it out. Is there a special name to give the
> protocol in the port forwarding or just any old name will do?
> I have still to check the logs in the iis. Need to try and find them first.
> Thankyou so much for your help so far
> kipper
>
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> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [thelist] How do i set up IIS7.0 with a router?
>
> I've not used IIS7 myself.. though I have someexperience of IIS6 - I
> can't imagine it has changed much.
>
> >From what I can remember in the properties of "Default Web Site" (if
> that is the one you're using) you will need to modify the settings on
> the "Website" tab and add your host header and external IP.  That
> might be all you need to do.
>
> It is also worth checking your IIS logs to see if there is any
> activity from your requests made via http://www.kwebd.co.uk
>
> Can't help with any book suggestions I'm afraid; all you need to know
> about IIS Admin can be found on the web :)  Check out
> http://www.iisadmin.co.uk/
>
> Ben
>
> On 12/29/07, Kevin Timmins <kipper_timmins at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > At the moment i have it by typing localhost, although that took some
> doing,
> >
> > I am trying to link it up to www.kwebd.co.uk
> >
> > I have got that through dyndns and i think my router is set up correctly,
> it
> > is forwarding all port 80 requests to my internal ip address.
> >
> > I have never delved into IIS before, so this is probably why i am having
> > problems, previous to this i was using wamp5 server, which worked quite
> > well.
> >
> > I will have a look and see if i can find something similar to that which
> you
> > mention.
> >
> > Have you any suggestions as to books i could read?
> >
> > Thanks again
> >
> > Kipper
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hmm, it might e something to do with adding an IP address for the
> >
> > website (Default?) to listen on.
> >
> >
> >
> > What happens when you request pages at the moment?  Is there a URL we
> >
> > can try?  You may need to add a host header to IIS if you're accessing
> >
> > it by anything other than IP.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ben
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12/29/07, Kevin Timmins <kipper_timmins at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi there, ok I have just about got my head around configuring the router
> > to
> >
> > > divert web page traffic requests to my computer, that all kinda makes
> > sense,
> >
> > > however I cant get the IIS to work properly, ie for it to actually serve
> >
> > > pages that are requested. The localhost works fine, but the rest of it
> is
> > a
> >
> > > mystery to me.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > What things do I need to do to configure IIS?
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Thanks in advance
> >
> > >
> >
> > > kipper
> >
> > >
> >
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