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Setting up IIS in XP

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MrCodeDude

Lifer
So, I've just finished installing IIS on XP. It seems to be working fine, but I still don't understand why the page is not working. I'm going through a Linksys router and I think that might be the problem. Is there a way to kind of bypass the Linksys router?

Going through Command Prompt and typing in "ipconfig /all" and it shows my IP as: 192.168.1.100
Going through What's My IP? it says my IP is: 66.1.142.213

Neither http://ipaddress works, I wan't to know why and how to fix it. Thanks for any help!
-- mrcodedude
 
"what's my IP" is showing the ROUTER's IP

ipconfig /all is showing your computers INTERNAL IP

you need to work with port forwarding on the router to get IIS stuff working
 


<< "what's my IP" is showing the ROUTER's IP

ipconfig /all is showing your computers INTERNAL IP

you need to work with port forwarding on the router to get IIS stuff working >>


I'm a newbie, so you need to explain that a little bit more to me.
-- mrcodedude
 
You'll need to open port 80 on the router and direct it to 192.168.1.100 in the firewall's configuration. I believe you will then http to the router address
 
well, when you use a router, IT takes the only real world IP.....all the computers hooked to the router get assigned INTERAL IP's (i.e. ones that start with 192.168...)

say you wanted to use port 80 to run a webserver off your one computer with an internal address of 192.168.0.1..then you'd go and tell the router to forward some random port to port 80 on 192.168.0.1

say you pick port 3339...then, when you go to 66.1.142.213:3339 it will AUTOMATICALLY forward to 192.168.0.1:80 and you're webserver will work.

edit: you don't need to pick 3339...if that's the only box running a webserver, then just make it port 80

basically, all computers behind your router are "hidden" to the outside world...the outside only sees the router

does that help?
 
Oh, and MAKE SURE YOU SECURE THE DARNED THING! Get all the Service Packs, Hot Fixes and run the IIS Lockdown tool. All available at security.microsoft.com
 


<< well, when you use a router, IT takes the only real world IP.....all the computers hooked to the router get assigned INTERAL IP's (i.e. ones that start with 192.168...)

say you wanted to use port 80 to run a webserver off your one computer with an internal address of 192.168.0.1..then you'd go and tell the router to forward some random port to port 80 on 192.168.0.1

say you pick port 3339...then, when you go to 66.1.142.213:3339 it will AUTOMATICALLY forward to 192.168.0.1:80 and you're webserver will work.

edit: you don't need to pick 3339...if that's the only box running a webserver, then just make it port 80

basically, all computers behind your router are "hidden" to the outside world...the outside only sees the router

does that help? >>


Yeah, it helps. Last question is how do I go about doing that? How do I configure the router?
-- mrcodedude
 
with the linksys router, i think you just type it's IP into a webbrowser and you configure it via http

not sure what the IP you're supposed to type in is..i THOUGHT it was 192.168.0.1 but i guess you're computer is that.

just consult the manual on how to configure it
 


<< with the linksys router, i think you just type it's IP into a webbrowser and you configure it via http

not sure what the IP you're supposed to type in is..i THOUGHT it was 192.168.0.1 but i guess you're computer is that.

just consult the manual on how to configure it >>


I got the router from Fry's on clearence. I don't believe I have a manuel. I'll check though. Thanks sohcrates, you've gotten a 10 from me.
-- mrcodedude
 
I think i can help out on that question.

You go to your fave browser and type the URL: 192.168.1.1. that is the internal IP that points to the router. It will ask you for a password and what not. enter it. then, go to the advanced tab to the far right, go to forwarding, and then you will be staring at a bunch of empty blanks. it will ask you for ports and give blanks. enter 80 as a port (btw, 80 is the designated HTTP port used on the web. like www.yahoo.com:80. you dont have to enter 80 because it is understood. just an FYI for future reference) and tell the router which internal IP to "forward" the port 80 request to. then apply. that should be it.

I hope those are the exact steps. I'm doing it from memory so dont kill me if i messed up somewhere. 😉

 


<<

<< with the linksys router, i think you just type it's IP into a webbrowser and you configure it via http

not sure what the IP you're supposed to type in is..i THOUGHT it was 192.168.0.1 but i guess you're computer is that.

just consult the manual on how to configure it >>


I got the router from Fry's on clearence. I don't believe I have a manuel. I'll check though. Thanks sohcrates, you've gotten a 10 from me.
-- mrcodedude >>



If you got no manual, check the Linksys website they might have the docs up there.
 
hmmmm....i'm a little rusty on my linksys port forwarding...

i know if you're using newer Linksys firmware that supports port range forwarding and want to map a single port, then you enter the same port number in both port number boxes.

but i'm not sure if you want to be in filtering or if there's actually a tab called "forwarding" or something

did you check out that PDF manual link? it should have directions
 


<< hmmmm....i'm a little rusty on my linksys port forwarding...

i know if you're using newer Linksys firmware that supports port range forwarding and want to map a single port, then you enter the same port number in both port number boxes.

but i'm not sure if you want to be in filtering or if there's actually a tab called "forwarding" or something

did you check out that PDF manual link? it should have directions >>


I'll check the PDF manual link ASAP. Thanks for all your help guys.
-- mrcodedude
 
Next to that filtering tab at the top should be a tab for forwarding. Go in there. Forward port 80 - 80, both protocols (since I can't remember which to use) and 100 as the last number of the ip address.

I think both links to the manual were bad. It's on an FTP, not a webserver.

Manual

I'm using XP and the file loaded up just fine.
 
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