IIS setup
November 11, 2005 1:39 AM Subscribe
Can you help me set up IIS to test a site locally?
XP Pro, IIS 5.1. No network.
All seems set up ok to me, but http://127.0.0.1/, http://[computer name] and http://localhost/ just hang, with both IE and Firefox, although I can sucessfully ping them all.
Status bar says it's found the site, and I get an error page if I stop IIS while I'm waiting, but nothing loads. I've got the directory and default documents set up, and there's nothing wrong with the html page I'm using. I can view the htmls locally, but obviously not asp etc.
There's nothing in the IIS logs (and I've made sure all the logging options are on), so I guess it's not getting that far. There's also nothing in my firewall log.
If I set up IIS to redirect to an external page instead, it still hangs.
XP Pro, IIS 5.1. No network.
All seems set up ok to me, but http://127.0.0.1/, http://[computer name] and http://localhost/ just hang, with both IE and Firefox, although I can sucessfully ping them all.
Status bar says it's found the site, and I get an error page if I stop IIS while I'm waiting, but nothing loads. I've got the directory and default documents set up, and there's nothing wrong with the html page I'm using. I can view the htmls locally, but obviously not asp etc.
There's nothing in the IIS logs (and I've made sure all the logging options are on), so I guess it's not getting that far. There's also nothing in my firewall log.
If I set up IIS to redirect to an external page instead, it still hangs.
Can you telnet to 127.0.0.1, port 80, and get a response? If not, then it's not picking up the phone like it should.
You say the system isn't networked -- do you still have TCP/IP running?
One last thing: In the MMC for IIS, make sure that, in the main properties page, that it's set to answer calls to either the local computer name or 127.0.0.1.
posted by thanotopsis at 8:57 AM on November 11, 2005
You say the system isn't networked -- do you still have TCP/IP running?
One last thing: In the MMC for IIS, make sure that, in the main properties page, that it's set to answer calls to either the local computer name or 127.0.0.1.
posted by thanotopsis at 8:57 AM on November 11, 2005
Response by poster: thanotopsis:
1. No. What do I do about it?
2. Yes
3. Where? I can'f see that setting...
Thanks.
posted by monkey closet at 5:12 AM on November 13, 2005
1. No. What do I do about it?
2. Yes
3. Where? I can'f see that setting...
Thanks.
posted by monkey closet at 5:12 AM on November 13, 2005
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posted by Sharcho at 3:53 AM on November 11, 2005