I have installed IIS 5.1 on XP pro, but get "Web Page
Unavailable Offline" when I try to browse
http://localhost when I'm offline (I have a dial-up
internet connection). When I'm online IE treats the
request as a search and displays a results page. I have
verified that IIS admin is running.

The only KB article I can find on this issue is

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;290766&Product=iis50

which is for W2K and seems convoluted at best.

I'm sure I'm missing something basic, but have no idea
where to start looking.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Cannot get to http://localhost by Paul

Paul
Fri Oct 10 17:29:45 CDT 2003


>-----Original Message-----
>I have installed IIS 5.1 on XP pro, but get "Web Page
>Unavailable Offline" when I try to browse
>http://localhost when I'm offline (I have a dial-up
>internet connection). When I'm online IE treats the
>request as a search and displays a results page. I have
>verified that IIS admin is running.
>
>The only KB article I can find on this issue is
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
>us;290766&Product=iis50
>
>which is for W2K and seems convoluted at best.
>
>I'm sure I'm missing something basic, but have no idea
>where to start looking.
>
>Any help will be much appreciated.
>
>
>.Try using your machiens netbios name? http://PC1 to see
if you can hit the site that way. Also is your SITE
actually running? Sure IIS admin is up but when you open
the MMC and connect to your site it is playing or stopped?

You are trying to run a website via dialup? Make sure you
consider this when you include content.
>

Cannot get to http://localhost by PM

PM
Fri Oct 10 18:35:34 CDT 2003


>-----Original Message-----
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have installed IIS 5.1 on XP pro, but get "Web Page
>>Unavailable Offline" when I try to browse
>>http://localhost when I'm offline (I have a dial-up
>>internet connection). When I'm online IE treats the
>>request as a search and displays a results page. I
have
>>verified that IIS admin is running.
>>
>>The only KB article I can find on this issue is
>>
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
>>us;290766&Product=iis50
>>
>>which is for W2K and seems convoluted at best.
>>
>>I'm sure I'm missing something basic, but have no idea
>>where to start looking.
>>
>>Any help will be much appreciated.
>>
>>
>>.Try using your machiens netbios name? http://PC1 to
see
>if you can hit the site that way. Also is your SITE
>actually running? Sure IIS admin is up but when you
open
>the MMC and connect to your site it is playing or
stopped?
>
>You are trying to run a website via dialup? Make sure
you
>consider this when you include content.
>>
>.
>
Thanks for the help. The netbios name didn't work, but a
friend suggested that I try

http://localhost/localstart.asp

which did get me to the welcome page I was looking for.
I'm trying to do this install using instructions from a
VERY bad PHP/MySQL book and NOTHING works the way the
book describes.

Don't worry, I'm not trying to host a web site via
dialup - I'm just trying to get a test environment up on
my laptop.

Re: Cannot get to http://localhost by David

David
Sat Oct 11 20:02:42 CDT 2003

You do not need to do dialup to have a test environment.

All you need is to have a web server installed, and place your pages/script
where they're supposed to. Access the web pages from the browser via
http://localhost/mypage.php and it should all work. You do not even need
to be online for this to work; in fact, if you go online, your ISP may block
port 80 access and prevent you from accessing your own webserver on the same
machine.

--
//David
IIS
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Thanks for the help. The netbios name didn't work, but a
friend suggested that I try

http://localhost/localstart.asp

which did get me to the welcome page I was looking for.
I'm trying to do this install using instructions from a
VERY bad PHP/MySQL book and NOTHING works the way the
book describes.

Don't worry, I'm not trying to host a web site via
dialup - I'm just trying to get a test environment up on
my laptop.



Re: Cannot get to http://localhost by timcof

timcof
Thu Oct 23 01:39:04 CDT 2003

You do need to ensure you have some type of adapter installed. If you do not have a physical network card, then you can install the ms loopback adapter,
along with tcp/ip and client for ms networks, and file/printer sharing.

Thank you. I hope this information is helpful.

Tim Coffey [MSFT]

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| Don't worry, I'm not trying to host a web site via
| dialup - I'm just trying to get a test environment up on
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RE: Cannot get to http://localhost by anonymous

anonymous
Thu Oct 23 21:41:05 CDT 2003

I would reccomend reading the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

220173 - Err Msg: A Connection with the Server Could Not be Established
255650 - "HTTP 500.100 - Internal Server Error - ASP Error" Error Message When Opening Default Web Site on Local Computer
290766 - "Page Cannot be Displayed" or "Web Page Unavailable Offline" When You Browse to Http://Localhost

254355 - Access to Internet Services Manager (HTML) Is Restricted to Localhost