Theo
Fri Dec 10 06:22:09 CST 2004
The NAT/FW should be instructed that there is a virtual server listening
on port 80 on the internal network. Preferably you should register your
public IP address with a site offering dynamic DNS, such that you can
find your page via a URL.
--theo
Keith Langmead wrote:
> If you can see it locally it's probably a networking issue rather than an
> IIS one. Your router is probably set to use NAT, so the IP address of your
> PC is different to the one accessible on the net. You'll probably find that
> you need to change the configuration of the router to allow http traffic to
> be passed through to your PC from the internet, as most home routers are
> configured by default to allow traffic out, but not to allow traffic to come
> in directly (eg if it's not in direct reply to a outbound request you made).
>
> Keith
>
> "Winner" <Winner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6C37F1FB-8474-41AA-A61C-26CCD3360CCE@microsoft.com...
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>>Really baffled on getting my webserver up and running.
>>I have Windows XP and have installed IIS 5.1. All i want to do is post one
>>page up on the net and simple cant work it out. I have a static Ip address
>>from my Internet provider but run off a wireless adsl router which could
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>>the problem but i dont know - i think it assigns my actual PC a different
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> IP
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>>address.I have pasted a default.htm in my wwwroot folder and when i type
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http://myipaddress/default.htm it works fine on my computer but not from a
>>remote computer.Any help out there???
>>Sorry if it sounds simple but im newbie at this.
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>>winner
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