IIS 5.1 Not working on LAN

Question

I have IIS 5.1 installed on Windows XP.I have a ASP.NET web application deployed on it. The application is only accessible on the localhost and not on the LAN . Its available for http://<my.ip>/Home.aspx on my production system.

I think its a server configuration issue as I am not able to access the any of website on my LAN computers.

I have used the permissions wizard to change the setting to public in IIS 5.1 .

I have disabled my firewall and ping to the server is working fine.

Please help.

PS : I am new to IIS and I have to use this version of IIS 5.1 on windows XP.

Answer 1

In inetmgr, right-click on your website, choose Properties, and on the Web site tab, set the IP address. It's probably set to 127.0.0.1 (localhost) now, you should set it to the IP address of the LAN card of your server. You can set the port here, too.

For example, if the server's LAN address is 10.232.171.245, and the port is 8080, then your IIS webserver will now bind to and wait for incoming HTTP connections at the socket 10.232.171.245:8080:

=== UPDATE ===

If the above is set, check Windows firewall settings:

1. In Control Panel, click on Windows Firewall
2. In the Windows Firewall dialog, choose the Exceptions tab and click on Add port...
3. In the Add Port window dialog, choose a name (for example, IIS), and set the TCP port (in the above example, 8080).

Now your Windows firewall will allow incoming HTTP packets to reach your server.

Answer 2

Is your application is running under "NETWORKSERVICE" Application Pool Identity.

Check IIS > Application Pools > select your application pool ur using > Advanced Setting..

set Identity = NETWORKSERVICE ;

Answer 3

I just changed my OS. IIS of windows XP does not work properly. Thanks