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• 09-03-2008, 6:14 PM

  soccerwiz Joined on 11-12-2005, 3:43 AM Posts 3

  WWW DNS setting not forwarding to default site Reply Contact I am trying to set up a website on IIS7 and working with the DNS server.  I created a new site on IIS7, which is website.com.  Under the bindings, I listed website.com.  Then I create a DNS record that points to my IP address. I created a new forward lookup zone title website.com.  I set the host (A) record to the external IP, 1.2.3.4.  I then setup a CNAME record for the WWW with the value website.com. Now, when I view my site and go to website.com, the page shows properly.  When I go to www.website.com, the webpage loads from my Default Web Site in IIS.  How can I direct WWW to go to the proper website?  What am I missing here? Thanks in advance.

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• 09-03-2008, 6:37 PM

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  anilr Joined on 05-23-2006, 10:13 PM Redmond, WA Posts 1,225	Re: WWW DNS setting not forwarding to default site Reply Contact You also need to add binding for www.website.com in the IIS site binding. Anil Ruia Senior Software Design Engineer IIS Core Server

• 09-03-2008, 7:29 PM

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  soccerwiz Joined on 11-12-2005, 3:43 AM Posts 3	Re: WWW DNS setting not forwarding to default site Reply Contact That seems to work.  Do I still need the DNS record as a CNAME to point the www.website.com to website.com, or is that no longer necessary? Is there a limit to the number of bindings I can have?  Also, do you have any links to articles that explains this in detail? Thanks for your assistance.

• 09-04-2008, 8:26 AM

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  steve schofield Joined on 06-10-2002, 4:54 PM MI Posts 2,581

  Re: WWW DNS setting not forwarding to default site Reply Contact You don't necessarily need to add a binding explicitly for every site.  If you want to tie several domains to a single ip address, leave the all unassigned or specific ip address in the bindings section.  IIS will automatically hand off the request to the correct website. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308163 Steve Schofield Windows Server MVP - IIS http://weblogs.asp.net/steveschofield http://www.IISLogs.com Log archival solution Install, Configure, Forget