alias in IIS5.0

I've set up IIS5.0 on our Win2k Advanced Server and set up a web site on our
company's intranet. Right now, the web pages can be accessed when someone
types http://domaincontroller1/cad-pdm. I'd like to set it up so that they
can simply type http://cad-pdm and be directed to the same place. Our
intranet consists of two Win2K domains (in different forrests) and a Unix
network. All three can currently hit the page. Thanks for your help.

Chris

Tom
Fri Mar 11 09:43:38 CST 2005

"Chris Coryell" <ChrisCoryell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've set up IIS5.0 on our Win2k Advanced Server and set up a web site on
our
> company's intranet. Right now, the web pages can be accessed when someone
> types http://domaincontroller1/cad-pdm. I'd like to set it up so that
they
> can simply type http://cad-pdm and be directed to the same place. Our
> intranet consists of two Win2K domains (in different forrests) and a Unix
> network. All three can currently hit the page. Thanks for your help.

You need to add a WINS/DNS entry for "cad-pdm".
http://www.iisfaq.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2472

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Kristofer
Fri Mar 11 10:50:22 CST 2005

Hi,

IIS does not care about how the requests makes it to the webserver, it
just responds to the requests it get. So you need to find a way to make
sure that requests for cad-pdm is sent to the webserver.

This can be done by DNS, WINS, lmhosts file.

WINS:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/wins_server_role.asp

DNS:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/dns_server_role.asp

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Chris Coryell wrote:

> I've set up IIS5.0 on our Win2k Advanced Server and set up a web site on
our
> company's intranet. Right now, the web pages can be accessed when
someone
> types http://domaincontroller1/cad-pdm. I'd like to set it up so that
they
> can simply type http://cad-pdm and be directed to the same place. Our
> intranet consists of two Win2K domains (in different forrests) and a Unix
> network. All three can currently hit the page. Thanks for your help.
>
> Chris