IIS problem

problem with IP link

[kaymeis]

Hi all,

I'M USING IIS(Internet Information Servers ) as a testing server for a newsletter I'm designing for the ICT Directorate of the University where I work. The problem is when I use my IP address as a URL for the newsletter, the browser says "page not available". The address is this: \\192.168.6.1\localhost\headlines\index.htm. Can someone look at the URL and tell mw whether I'm missing anything?

thanx

kaymeis

[Staffa]

Your slashes in the URL are wrong, should be forward / not backward \

[Receptional Andy]

And to call content from a web server you should specify the protocol (i.e. [)...] otherwise you are asking for a file share from that IP (when using the two slashes \\ ).

[kaymeis]

Andy,

when you call file share, do you use the two slashes throughout the URL?

[Receptional Andy]

You access a local file share with the syntax

\\COMPUTERNAME\SHAREDFOLDER

So in your example (\\192.168.6.1\localhost\headlines\index.htm) you are trying to access a shared folder called localhost\headlines\index.htm on the local PC at 192.168.6.1.

If 192.168.6.1 is operating a web server which is configured to accept requests on that IP, you can access the file with a browser via [192.168.6.1...]