I am attempting to do a redirect of a web site request from one machine to
another.
I have two machines.
Win2000Pro - Default Web Server
Win2003Srv - Hosting Microsoft Exhchange Server
On the Win2000Pro box I setup a Virtual Directory named Exchange and set it
up as a 'Redirection to a URL'. In the redirect box I set up a url to point
to the Exchange site on the Win2003Srv.... 'http://tc2/exchange' (tc2 is the
Exchange server name). My goal is to provide OWA to Exchange, and the
reason, I am attempting a redirect is because my router forwards port 80 to
the Win2000Pro box as we access the Default Web Site on that box (actually it
is a Sharepoint Ver 1 site, but I digress...).
My redirect works fine while inside the network, but when I attempt to
access the Exchange server via the Internet (http://<public ip>/exchange), I
recieve a 'The Page cannot be displayed' and 'Cannot find server or DNS
Error'.
I can access the Default Web Site on the Win2000Pro box fine (http://<public
ip>)

I even tried changing my Exchange Virtual Directory on the Win2000Pro box to
be a standard virtual directory, pointed it to physical directory with a
default.htm page, that has a link to 'http://tc2/exchange'. I see the page,
and when I click on the link, I receive the same 'The Page Cannot Be
Displayed' error. Again, works internally though.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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LThibx

Re: Redirect of IIS site to another IIS server by Jonathan

Jonathan
Fri Aug 05 18:02:41 CDT 2005

Hi,

Unfortunately, IIS doesn't proxy connections, which is what you're trying to
do. The reason it works inside of the network is because the user connects
directly to the server.

I suggest changing the port on tc2 so that users can connect to both servers

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"LThibx" <lthibx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0144B953-066D-4B95-9406-BAF67652C78B@microsoft.com...
>I am attempting to do a redirect of a web site request from one machine to
> another.
> I have two machines.
> Win2000Pro - Default Web Server
> Win2003Srv - Hosting Microsoft Exhchange Server
> On the Win2000Pro box I setup a Virtual Directory named Exchange and set
> it
> up as a 'Redirection to a URL'. In the redirect box I set up a url to
> point
> to the Exchange site on the Win2003Srv.... 'http://tc2/exchange' (tc2 is
> the
> Exchange server name). My goal is to provide OWA to Exchange, and the
> reason, I am attempting a redirect is because my router forwards port 80
> to
> the Win2000Pro box as we access the Default Web Site on that box (actually
> it
> is a Sharepoint Ver 1 site, but I digress...).
> My redirect works fine while inside the network, but when I attempt to
> access the Exchange server via the Internet (http://<public ip>/exchange),
> I
> recieve a 'The Page cannot be displayed' and 'Cannot find server or DNS
> Error'.
> I can access the Default Web Site on the Win2000Pro box fine
> (http://<public
> ip>)
>
> I even tried changing my Exchange Virtual Directory on the Win2000Pro box
> to
> be a standard virtual directory, pointed it to physical directory with a
> default.htm page, that has a link to 'http://tc2/exchange'. I see the
> page,
> and when I click on the link, I receive the same 'The Page Cannot Be
> Displayed' error. Again, works internally though.
>
> Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> LThibx
>


Re: Redirect of IIS site to another IIS server by Kristofer

Kristofer
Sat Aug 06 00:13:02 CDT 2005

Hello,

You receive this error message because the outside client cannot find any
server named "tc2". The redirect feature tells the client to make a new
request to the server you have specified. IIS does not forward the request.

You may want to read this:

http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2005/08/01/HOWTO_Common_URL_Redirection_Techniques_for_IIS_Summary.aspx

http://www.gafvert.info/notes/OneIPMultipleWebservers.htm

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LThibx wrote:

>I am attempting to do a redirect of a web site request from one machine to
>another.
>I have two machines.
> Win2000Pro - Default Web Server
> Win2003Srv - Hosting Microsoft Exhchange Server
>On the Win2000Pro box I setup a Virtual Directory named Exchange and set it
>up as a 'Redirection to a URL'. In the redirect box I set up a url to
>point
>to the Exchange site on the Win2003Srv.... 'http://tc2/exchange' (tc2 is
>the
>Exchange server name). My goal is to provide OWA to Exchange, and the
>reason, I am attempting a redirect is because my router forwards port 80 to
>the Win2000Pro box as we access the Default Web Site on that box (actually
>it
>is a Sharepoint Ver 1 site, but I digress...).
>My redirect works fine while inside the network, but when I attempt to
>access the Exchange server via the Internet (http://<public ip>/exchange),
>I
>recieve a 'The Page cannot be displayed' and 'Cannot find server or DNS
>Error'.
>I can access the Default Web Site on the Win2000Pro box fine
>(http://<public
>ip>)
>
>I even tried changing my Exchange Virtual Directory on the Win2000Pro box
>to
>be a standard virtual directory, pointed it to physical directory with a
>default.htm page, that has a link to 'http://tc2/exchange'. I see the
>page,
>and when I click on the link, I receive the same 'The Page Cannot Be
>Displayed' error. Again, works internally though.
>
>Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
>Thanks in advance.