http://forums.iis.net/1041.aspxFor any general questions relating to IIS 7enCommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)http://forums.iis.net/thread/1908037.aspxTue, 23 Jun 2009 22:59:18 GMT50bcf3b4-f6fe-4638-adff-0c150e922e99:1908037jeff@zina.com0http://forums.iis.net/thread/1908037.aspxhttp://forums.iis.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1041&PostID=1908037<p><BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/iis/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>iainwbaker:</strong></div><div>How does IIS7 decide which site you land on when you use a specific hostname?</div></BLOCKQUOTE></p> <p>It doesn&#39;t.&nbsp; IIS only knows IP addresses and only answers on the IP addresses you have set it to.&nbsp; Name resolution, primarily through DNS, resolves the dhost name to the IP address.&nbsp; If your DNS entry is wrong or missing for the host name, then what you describe is what happens.</p> <p>Jeff</p>http://forums.iis.net/thread/1907913.aspxMon, 22 Jun 2009 19:57:03 GMT50bcf3b4-f6fe-4638-adff-0c150e922e99:1907913iainwbaker0http://forums.iis.net/thread/1907913.aspxhttp://forums.iis.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1041&PostID=1907913<p>I&#39;m running SBS 2008 and have setup a SSL certificate for server.mydomain.com.</p> <p>I want have a web application that is installed on my default website (IQReservations)</p> <p>When I type in server.mydomain.com, I get to the RWW login.</p> <p>How does IIS7 decide which site you land on when you use a specific hostname?</p> <p>When I use the servers IP address, I can get to the web application (serverip/IQReservations), but when I use the FQDN, I get a 404...</p>