the format of the specified network name is invalid

I can not start my IIS, I get this error
"the format of the specified network name is invalid"

I added another ip number to my NIC, 192.168.1.11, but when I removed it I
get this error. it seems that my IIS wants to bind to 192.168.1.11 wen the
number no longer exists, I have reinstalled IIS and tried many things.

Does anyone know how to solve this, or does anyone know where I will find
the settings used by IIS, maybe I can change it manually.



I am stuck, any help would be greatly appreciated

Kristofer
Sat Jun 05 01:35:54 CDT 2004

In IIS Manager, right click the website and click Properties.
On the "Web Site" tab, make sure that 192.168.1.11 is not selected as IP
Address.

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Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
http://www.ilopia.com - When you need help!


"Slim" <Slim@slim> wrote in message
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> I can not start my IIS, I get this error
> "the format of the specified network name is invalid"
>
> I added another ip number to my NIC, 192.168.1.11, but when I removed it
I
> get this error. it seems that my IIS wants to bind to 192.168.1.11 wen the
> number no longer exists, I have reinstalled IIS and tried many things.
>
> Does anyone know how to solve this, or does anyone know where I will find
> the settings used by IIS, maybe I can change it manually.
>
>
>
> I am stuck, any help would be greatly appreciated
>
>

Slim
Sat Jun 05 02:06:51 CDT 2004


"Kristofer Gafvert" <kgafvert@NEWSilopia.com> wrote in message
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> In IIS Manager, right click the website and click Properties.
> On the "Web Site" tab, make sure that 192.168.1.11 is not selected as IP
> Address.
>


I have,
dont seem to have any affect





> --
> Regards,
> Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
> http://www.ilopia.com - When you need help!
>
>
> "Slim" <Slim@slim> wrote in message
> news:%236mNy%23rSEHA.3564@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I can not start my IIS, I get this error
> > "the format of the specified network name is invalid"
> >
> > I added another ip number to my NIC, 192.168.1.11, but when I removed
it
> I
> > get this error. it seems that my IIS wants to bind to 192.168.1.11 wen
the
> > number no longer exists, I have reinstalled IIS and tried many things.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to solve this, or does anyone know where I will
find
> > the settings used by IIS, maybe I can change it manually.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am stuck, any help would be greatly appreciated
> >
> >
>
>

Slim
Sat Jun 05 02:55:21 CDT 2004


"Kristofer Gafvert" <kgafvert@NEWSilopia.com> wrote in message
news:ObtNadsSEHA.3332@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> In IIS Manager, right click the website and click Properties.
> On the "Web Site" tab, make sure that 192.168.1.11 is not selected as IP
> Address.
>

fixed now

I changed any reference to 192.168.1.11 in my registry, and I reinstalled
IIS, BUT I forgot to reboot, so one of these actions was my fix.

thanks





> --
> Regards,
> Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
> http://www.ilopia.com - When you need help!
>
>
> "Slim" <Slim@slim> wrote in message
> news:%236mNy%23rSEHA.3564@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I can not start my IIS, I get this error
> > "the format of the specified network name is invalid"
> >
> > I added another ip number to my NIC, 192.168.1.11, but when I removed
it
> I
> > get this error. it seems that my IIS wants to bind to 192.168.1.11 wen
the
> > number no longer exists, I have reinstalled IIS and tried many things.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to solve this, or does anyone know where I will
find
> > the settings used by IIS, maybe I can change it manually.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am stuck, any help would be greatly appreciated
> >
> >
>
>

mike
Thu Jun 24 22:02:16 CDT 2004

"Slim" <Slim@slim> wrote in message news:<OCR#6UtSEHA.3448@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
> "Kristofer Gafvert" <kgafvert@NEWSilopia.com> wrote in message
> news:ObtNadsSEHA.3332@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > In IIS Manager, right click the website and click Properties.
> > On the "Web Site" tab, make sure that 192.168.1.11 is not selected as IP
> > Address.
> >
>
> fixed now
>
> I changed any reference to 192.168.1.11 in my registry, and I reinstalled
> IIS, BUT I forgot to reboot, so one of these actions was my fix.
>
> thanks
>

I had a similar message when I manually bound IIS to a new IP
(using httpcfg set iplisten -i 66.xxx.xxx.xxx)

When I restarted IIS, all sites were stopped and would not restart.
It gave the same message you were getting
"the format of the specified network name is invalid"

From you posting above I remembered that I needed to add that IP to my
Network Card configuration. Once it was added, IIS restarted fine!

It seems that if you have IIS bound to a IP and remove that IP from a
NIC, IIS gives this error message.