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• 10-14-2008, 6:00 AM

  Jazz8146 Joined on 10-14-2008, 9:55 AM Posts 5

  Setting up IIS on multiple servers Reply Contact Hello,  I am new to IIS and have just configured a new server with 2003 Server. I have a defualt website running through IIS which works fine. I have then setup a virtual machine on the server with Server 2003 again. After installing IIS on the virtual machine I cannot access the website externally. Internal is fine. I have changed the port to 8080 as the other server is running on port 80. Forwarded the port 8080 to the correct IP address. I cannot see where the problem is now? Is what I am doing correct or am I going the wrong way about it? Thanks in advance Jason

• 10-14-2008, 6:56 AM

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  jeff@zina.com Joined on 09-26-2003, 10:43 AM Naples, FL, USA Posts 2,093	Re: Setting up IIS on multiple servers Reply Contact Jazz8146: After installing IIS on the virtual machine I cannot access the website externally. Do you mean from off the physical server or from outside the VM?  Did you turn off the firewall?  If outside the VM, is networking enabled? Jeff Look for Wrox's new book Professional IIS 7 in your local bookstore, or order now at Amazon.com

• 10-14-2008, 7:06 AM

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  Jazz8146 Joined on 10-14-2008, 9:55 AM Posts 5

  Re: Setting up IIS on multiple servers Reply Contact I am trying to access my website on the VM from outside the network using our ip address. This works fine from the server using port 80 but not the VM machine on port 8080. Firewall is off completely. The VM machine has it's own ip address and can access the internet, Is this what you mean by networking enabled? I can access the VM machine with my laptop running xp by entering http://192.168.0.19:8080/  (i have done the port forward for this ip address too) This also works http://myip:80/ but this doesn't http://myip:8080 Jason

• 10-14-2008, 7:17 AM

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  jeff@zina.com Joined on 09-26-2003, 10:43 AM Naples, FL, USA Posts 2,093	Re: Setting up IIS on multiple servers Reply Contact This sounds exactly like a firewall or routing issue.  Have you tried Telnet to see if ports respond? Jeff Look for Wrox's new book Professional IIS 7 in your local bookstore, or order now at Amazon.com

• 10-14-2008, 8:12 AM

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  Jazz8146 Joined on 10-14-2008, 9:55 AM Posts 5

  Re: Setting up IIS on multiple servers Reply Contact What does telnet do? I have opened cmd on my local machine and tried telenet 192.168.0.19 and get could not connect to port 23 so i tried telnet 192.168.0.19 8080 and it just hangs and says connection lost?  It can't be a firewall as the firewall is turned off. On both setups the firewalls are off. Both ports are forwarded to the correct machine (80 to one and 8080 to the other) I can't understand how one works and the other doesn't. Is it to do with the fact that it is a virtual machine? Or is there a firewall in the VMware i am using (bridged networking). Jason

• 10-14-2008, 8:16 AM

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  tomkmvp Joined on 03-20-2003, 10:27 AM Central NJ Posts 6,174

  Re: Setting up IIS on multiple servers Reply Contact Jazz8146: I can access the VM machine with my laptop running xp by entering http://192.168.0.19:8080/  Then everything in IIS is setup correctly.  If you can't get to it through your public IP, then clearly it's a networking issue. Double check your port forwarding configuration on your router. Tom Kaminski IIS MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ http://blogs.iis.net/tomkmvp/ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/8/690/408 http://www.bluesrepublic.org/

• 10-14-2008, 10:11 AM

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  Jazz8146 Joined on 10-14-2008, 9:55 AM Posts 5	Re: Setting up IIS on multiple servers Reply Contact Is there anything else it could be apart from the port forwarding as I am 100% sure that this is correct on my router? Jason

• 10-14-2008, 11:58 AM

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  Jazz8146 Joined on 10-14-2008, 9:55 AM Posts 5	Re: Setting up IIS on multiple servers Reply Contact Your answer was correct. I am using a netgear router and had so many ports forwarding on there that i think it was causing a conflict. After doing a factory rebbot (removing all port entries) i entered in my port 8080 and straight away it worked :) Strange :S

• 10-14-2008, 3:56 PM

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  tomkmvp Joined on 03-20-2003, 10:27 AM Central NJ Posts 6,174	Re: Setting up IIS on multiple servers Reply Contact Good job!  Everything was pointing at the router as the culprit ... Tom Kaminski IIS MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ http://blogs.iis.net/tomkmvp/ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/8/690/408 http://www.bluesrepublic.org/