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I have a SharePoint server that we access internally via a URL. We have established an external IP address for it and opened port 80 through the firewall with a NAT rule to translate from the external IP to the Internal IP of the server. When I type the server URL in my browser, substituting the server name with the external IP it prompts me for a log on as it should, then I get error 404 page cannot be found. If I use the same URL internally, using the server name it logs on normally. Any Ideas?

Rainer Jeschor

Hi,
are you sure you get a 404?
Can you try to run a proxy tool like Fiddler or Firefox with Firebug to track the requests and response codes?
Which element causes the 404?

Thanks and HTH
Rainer

nsca_mitch

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I will do that first thing tomorrow...

chris-burns

Can i suggest that publishing this via port 80 without a firewall such as forefront is not a good idea. A sniffer will be able to pick out your username and passwords from the traffic flow.

If i were you I would be looking at using SSL at a minimum.

If you do decide to continue on with this you will need to understand AAM's as by default Sharepoint will listen the address http://servername. Clearly this will not work when coming in from the outside - you need to setup an AAM for http://servername.company.com.

Have a quick look at this page to understand how they affect a sharepoint implementation

sharepoint alternate access mappings - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepoint_strategery/archive/2013/05/25/alternate-access-mappings-explained.aspx

nsca_mitch

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Thanks for the info on SSL, I will change that for sure. I cannot access the link you posted. It gives an error "the page cannot be displayed.

chris-burns

interesting, try this:-

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepoint_strategery/archive/2013/05/25/alternate-access-mappings-explained.aspx

if you still do not have any luck try...

http://blog.blksthl.com/2012/12/03/a-guide-to-alternate-access-mappings-basics-in-sharepoint-2013/

it is still valid for 2010

nsca_mitch

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I am having our ISP change the port on the firewall then I will setup AAM. Thanks, I will let you know.

nsca_mitch

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I had the port changed to 443 for SSL and now I can't get to the server, is there something in IIS and SharePoint I need to change?

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