Can only access asp.net app on localhost

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I'm trying to get an asp.net application up on IIS on a Windows Server 2008 machine. I can hit the app from localhost, no problem. But I can't access the app using the server's domain name either locally or from another machine on the network.

But here's the odd part. I can access a normal file on IIS using the domain name, both from a browser running on the server and from a browser running on another machine on the network. Here's a synopsis ("http" converted to "htp" below because I don't have enough points to have all these links in my message):

From IE on the server itself:
works htp://localhost/foo.htm
works htp://localhost/App
works htp://test.foo.com/foo.htm
dead htp://test.foo.com/App

From IE on another machine:
works htp://test.foo.com/foo.htm
dead htp://test.foo.com/App

And when I say "dead" I mean the request times out.

Any ideas?

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– Darin Dimitrov, Commented Feb 11, 2011 at 22:53
It does not result in 404. It's a timeout on the client side. — Kevin Donn
– Kevin Donn, Commented Feb 13, 2011 at 4:11
Check Windows Event Log on the server - please post any unusual event messages that result when a client browses to your app. — saille
– saille, Commented Feb 13, 2011 at 23:24
I've combed through the log pretty well just now and I don't see any events at all (unusual or otherwise) going into the logs when I browse the app, either through localhost or the domain name. — Kevin Donn
– Kevin Donn, Commented Feb 14, 2011 at 14:14

Kevin Donn · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-14 15:25:38Z

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I worked this out. Basically the app was redirecting to https, but only for remote connections, and IIS was not bound to 443.

answered Feb 14, 2011 at 15:25

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immutabl Over a year ago

Don't forget to accept your own answer so others can benefit from the (hours? minutes? days ..?) you spent getting to the bottom of this ;-)

immutabl · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-13 23:19:51Z

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Let's say your server's domain name is myServer and its IP is 192.168.2.1.

Try ping-ing the server from another machine by its domain name. In a DOS prompt type:

ping myServer

Do you get a response?

Try accessing the site on the server using the server's IP address:

http://192.168.2.1/foo.htm

If its visible by IP but not pingable by name then your issue is related to DNS. You need to

set up IIS so the site is bound to the host name (Host Name via the Edit Bindings ... option for the site in IIS Manager).
if you have a DNS server you need to get an admin to put entries in its lookup db for the server.
if you don't, put an entry in your hosts file for the server.

HTH

answered Feb 13, 2011 at 23:19

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Kevin Donn Over a year ago

I can do better than ping - I can actually hit htp://test.foo.com/foo.htm and htp://192.168.168.20/foo.htm, from either the server itself or another machine on the network. I can even hit htp://test.foo.com/foo.htm from completely outside the network. I just can't hit htp://test.foo.com/App.

immutabl Over a year ago

That folder 'App' - have you tried renaming it to something else? I know the reserved folder names mostly start with 'App_' ... (msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ex526337.aspx) but not sure this would cause any issues. Too busy to test it out just now... Is the folder configured as a virtual directory? Could the problem be due to permissions-related issues on the server e.g. does the account your ASP process is running under on the server box have access to the folder ?

Student · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-12 01:14:27Z

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First you need to configure your iis look this link http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/28/installing-iis-7-on-windows-vista-and-windows-7/

answered Feb 12, 2011 at 1:14

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