asked on Internal IIS and DNS
I have a Windows 7 x64 Pro PC running IIS 7.0. The PC has a static IP address. IIS is configured and has an operational test site. The PC is joined to a domain.
The PC is part of a domain, it has an A record in the localdomain Forward Lookup Zones within DNS. It points to the static IP address of the PC.
Since the PC now has IIS setup I assumed that I would be able to open a browser and browse to the IP of the PC and get the test site. Didn't work.
I have created another A record within my .com forward lookup zones and it points to the static IP. that also did not work.
What I want to be able to do is access the test site by going to a URL from a separate, internal PC. Any input would be helpful. Thanks.
The PC is part of a domain, it has an A record in the localdomain Forward Lookup Zones within DNS. It points to the static IP address of the PC.
Since the PC now has IIS setup I assumed that I would be able to open a browser and browse to the IP of the PC and get the test site. Didn't work.
I have created another A record within my .com forward lookup zones and it points to the static IP. that also did not work.
What I want to be able to do is access the test site by going to a URL from a separate, internal PC. Any input would be helpful. Thanks.
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Also make sure that port 80 is open for external connections in your firewall. There is also a place in the IIS manager that defines both the IP/port for the site and what external IPs are allowed to access the site. But I can't find a page for it at the moment.
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turns out that the firewall on the local pc was not disabled. disabled it and everything worked.
The first thing I suggested was firewall rules and it turns out that was the problem.
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user error.
I was using http:// and https:// (IIS is configured for both).
localhost did not work but the url did as well as the browse website feature within IIS on the local PC.