Need help with setting up website please. Need domain name to point to my IIS server

[PeeluckyDuckee]

I've recently registered for a domain name of www.one2free.ca from EasyDns

I have a tiny network at home. I have a Linksys 4-port Cable/DSL Wireless Router connecting a private network of 3 computers (2 desktop and 1 laptop), and a single IP of 209.202.33.45 as the public internet address. Now the IIS is located on the internal network, on a system with IP of 192.168.1.2 The router's IP address is 192.168.1.1 The router is also acting as a DHCP Server handing out ranges from 1.100 to 1.254. I've also enable IP forwarding for ftp and http requests to be forwarded to the IIS Server's address of 192.168.1.2.

I am not running an Active Directory domain. Just a simple IIS server was setup. DNS is also installed. Should I be creating a forward and reverse lookup zone? Of one2free.ca or www.one2free.ca?? Name of the server running IIS is called dellserver.

Now on EasyDns web configuration utility, I've set it up to point to host dellserver.one2free.ca and IP of 209.202.33.45

When I try to hit the webpage using the FQDN, it cannot resolve. Why is that? What am I doing wrong? I'm new to this website configuration thing, so please help if you can, thx

[Edit]: I just tried opening the website simply using the IP address, and I got prompted for a username, password, and domain. Huh?? Tried it a few times using the same IP, no workie. Tried it using the private IP of the server, and it works again The server is not in a DMZ, perhaps it should??

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

OK, I think I got it now. I must type in the host name along with the address. So my webpage would actually be http://dellserver.one2free.ca . But the wierd thing is when I go to that site, it still prompts me for a username, password, and domain even when I've enabled anonymous access. Hmmm....

Can someone please try hitting my site and see if it works? Thx.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

Ah, found out why I was prompted username and password all the time. I had previously disabled the default anonymous internet access account IUSER. But the site seems only retreivable by me on the internal network. That FQDN doesn't work from the outside, neither does the http://209.202.33.45 attempt works. Why oh why..... maybe I shoulda used geocities to host my website instead eh

 

[Hoober]

Ack, where are the ubers when you need them......

See if I can't sort of pin this down.

Sounds like you don't have an external DNS service registering the public IP with your domain name. I use domainmonger.com... handles all the hosting and routing and things. (Think I'm using the right terms). Anyway, it sounds like the web DNS servers which handle queries don't have an ip address for your domain.

 

[mattbta]

Hi there, signed up here at anandtech just to attempt to help you out.

I have a linksys 4 port as well and host email, web, ftp and IRC. I thought the router was smart enough to broadcast the incoming requests to all IP's so whichever one that was listening on the respective port would pick it up. It does NOT do this (at least to my findings) so what you have to do is set the router up for static routing. Assign all three computers an ip - likely 192.168.1.10X. Then change the TCP/IP properties of the NICS to reflect the IP you assigned it with subnet of 255.255.255.0 and default gateway of 192.168.1.1.

Next,in the router's advanced tab, configure port forwarding to set port 80 to forward to the IP of the hosting computer. Apply settings and let us know so we can test it from the net for you.

HTH,
Matt

[edit]Looks like it doesn't have an IP of record in their dns system. I like www.dns2go.com for my dynamic dns needs. Their utility is great, loads as a service on an NT/2k box and has auto-reconnect that never fails unless your connection is bunked. As well, I find it takes less than a half hour for their dns to propagate if you get a new IP.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

Thx for the helping hands fellas Appreciate it.

I just registered with DNS2Go.com and setup to point to www.one2free.dns2go.com , please try if that works. It did for me.

But the thing is I already paid for the domain name www.one2free.ca and would like to make use of that one instead. I did setup all nics with static ip and point to the router's IP as the default gateway. In fact, I only have one computer on right now. Port forwarding has also been set. Hmmm...

 

[Rapamatic]

If you want to use your own Nameservers, you have to register them (usually through your registrar). For example, have ns1.one2free.ca point to your ip address 209.202.33.45. You will have to have the linksys forward port 53 (DNS) to your DNS server. Make sure port 80 is also being forwarded to your server.

By using your own DNS then you can configure it just like you please, and have changes take effect almost immediately. Using the win2k DNS server can be a bit tricky, I could sned you screenshots of my configuration if you'd like. I am runnint a web server and mail server off of a linksys box behind DSL.

Also, if you just setup your domain or name servers, it can take a couple of days to propogate.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

YGPM

 

[Rapamatic]

YGEmail

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

Still no workie I suck at this *sigh*

 

[Woodie]

Let's solve this one problem at a time.

1. Get the IIS server visible from the internet. Using just the IP address, you should be able to browse to the server, from the internet. Check your forwarding rule at your gateway. FYI, at 1135AM I was unable to ping the IP address you specified, nor was I able to connect to it via HTTP. So, fix that part first.
2. Setup DNS resolution, so that I can type in the name (www.whatever.com) and my DNS server will find a DNS server on the public internet, that can give me the IP address of that domain. I wouldn't bother with the hassles of setting up/managing a DNS server that needs to be accessible from the Internet, when there are so many free providers of such services. (See other posts or Zoneedit.com).

Once you get problem 1 resolved, problem 2 will be easier, but may take more time, because of the need for the DNS information to get published, and then replicated.

--Woodie

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

The problem has been resolved now. IIS is running in my laptop, so whenever I take it to school it goes offline. I will move it back to the desktop later on.

The reason why I couldn't get to the domain before was because it wasn't registered, as I assumed it to be. Yes, yes, never assume. My bad. Never went thru a domain registration before, so didn't know the process or time frame it would take.

It should all be well now. You can hit www.one2free.ca by its FQDN now. www.one2free.ca

Now onto my next problem, routing email outside/into my domain using Exchange 2000. I've enabled relaying but it seems to say smtp.aserver.one2free.ca not found when I attempt to send email. It would be neat if I can host my own mail server, but don't know enough about Exchange to do it myself, but I like tinkering around with things. So I do ask a lot of simple stupid questions at times, if you haven't noticed yet Can't wait to take a course on Exchange, I'm excited

Thx for the help guys.
Plucky