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Last post 11-08-2009 9:40 PM by Leo Tang - MSFT. 4 replies.

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11-02-2009, 11:48 AM

mv21262
Joined on 11-02-2009, 4:40 PM
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IIS works correctly for internet and localhost but serves malformed pages from lan

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Hello,

I have an IIS 6 server that is showing malformed pages to any of my PC's on the local lan. From the internet and from the localhost they work correctly. I am at a loss even where to begin with this ,by malformed I mean the pages are showing jumbled formating and odd ascii characters and none of the java scripts will work. The server is behind a linksys gateway and the OS is server 2003 / Windows Home server.For good measure I have reset the gateway to factory defaults and then reconfigured the DHCP and port forwarding and verified that the web server is available from the internet

Thanks for any help.

11-02-2009, 12:54 PM In reply to

tomkmvp
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Re: IIS works correctly for internet and localhost but serves malformed pages from lan

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In your browser, if you "View - Source" what does the HTML look like?

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11-03-2009, 8:28 AM In reply to

mv21262
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Re: IIS works correctly for internet and localhost but serves malformed pages from lan

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Sorry for the delay and thank you for the help.

Unfortunately since posting I have not been able to duplicate the original problem and I am now having an issue with the SSL certificate and the page stalling when loading. If the original problem comes back I'll get a copy of the source code. I suspect the issue is on the Home gateway as every works constantly and well from over the internet. I am going to change out the gateway for a different model and see if the problem changes or goes away. as an aside the page worked correctly for about an hour last night before the SSL problem popped up.

Thanks again.

P.S.

Gateway is a linksys befsr41

11-04-2009, 9:38 PM In reply to

mv21262
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Re: IIS works correctly for internet and localhost but serves malformed pages from lan

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Hello,

I switched the gateway to linksys wrt54g but the result is the same.

As you can see from this clip of the page source there are some odd characters at the end.

thanks.

11-08-2009, 9:40 PM In reply to

Leo Tang - MSFT
Joined on 12-11-2008, 9:47 PM
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Re: IIS works correctly for internet and localhost but serves malformed pages from lan

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Hi,

<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE" ...

This is expected. "On all page visits, during the save view state stage the Page class gathers the collective view state for all of the controls in its control hierarchy and serializes the state to a base-64 encoded string. (This is the string that is emitted in the hidden __VIEWSTATE form filed.) "

Understanding ASP.NET View State
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972976.aspx

Additionally, SSL Diagnostics is the recommended toolset for troubleshooting problems related to Secure Socket Layers (SSL) or certificates.

Leo Tang
Microsoft Online Community Support

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