need help setting up my own website Part 2

[Justice]

hi

i posted here last week
[webmasterworld.com...]

basically at the moment i have the IIS server set up, Registered my domain and added some A records to the DNS servers.

however when i try access site it just time outs. i am sure that the address is ok cause on the status bar in ie6 it tells me its connecting to the correct ip address.

i know IIS is ok becuase when i access site from lan it works ok.

any ideas, im now bald on top due to Lots of headscratching :(

any help (or attempts) appreciated :)

[griz_fan]

Are you getting any specific error messages? Be sure to disable the "friendly" error messages in IE6 so you can see what really is going on. Also, are you hitting an ASP page? Try a plain .html page to see if you get the same results. Also, (and this is a bit of a reach, though it did get me once) do you have antivirus software running on your server? If so, check to see if there is any auto script blocking features enabled. Norton AV on my win2k dev machine was causing 403.9 errors because of this...

[Justice]

thx griz

but that didnt work.

ive diabled anti virus, and tried accesing html but sill no joy.

internet explorer tels me that it is a DNS error, this is entirely possible cause i had to set these up myself. however if i ping (from dos) using the website name (rather than ip) it does resolve to the correct ip number ( i traced route it and theres plenty of steps)

so what could the problem be. could it be DNS records or my IIS.

[davegerard]

Sounds like DNS can resolve to the correct IP so my guess is IIS.

Couple of things to look at...

Are you trying to host multiple sites on IIS?
Does the default IIS site reflect your website directory?
Do you have a "Host Header" setup for the domain in IIS?

Dave

[davegerard]

What is the domain?

[mack]

Make sure you have a valid host file.

Also what operating system are you running IIS on? I have noticed that win2k and XP both limit access to outsiders as default through the personal firewall.

You can disable this by right clicking on your connection and looking in the advanced tab.

Mack.

[Justice]

thx guys

the machine is nt4 sp6. IIS is ver 4 (i think).
the domain is snipped!
i am only hosting the one site, and the web root is correct. i would have thought IIS is fine cause i can access the website from within the lan by just entering the ip address of da server. site functions ok from there on in. its just when i try connect from the internet i get no responce, site not available. i have tried playing around with some sam spade tools to check DNS, traceroute ect. ( though i can ping server)

so at a very low level i can connect (pinging ect).
could the problem be NT4, the server is not set up as domain controller but it sits outside of our lan (i can connect via the router) when NT was installed it would have been set up as a server on another domain, now its nolonger a member of that domain and i think its just in a workgroup?, could my problems lie in this direction (i.e OS)?

all help appreciated :)

[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 3:32 pm (utc) on May 23, 2003]
[edit reason] No URLs please! [/edit]

[DaveN]

do you have a fixed IP address?

how is the server connect to the internet?

Dave

[Justice]

its on a dsl connection

its a fixed ip 213.94.197.XXX
its connected thru a router, with one line on router (213.94.197.XXY router ip) going into our firewall and then Lan, and my server is not connected to our lan, its just pluged directly into router

[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 3:34 pm (utc) on May 23, 2003]
[edit reason] "Widgetized" specific IPs [/edit]

[DaveN]

you have a dns problem nslookup returns a blank

Dave

[Justice]

soz for domain name/ ip. didnt know you cant enter them.
im not too concerned giving out those details cause the machine is stand alone and anint nothing on it but iis and my site, no email or nothin.

when i run a nslookup here i do get the ip returned, but it takes a while.

i also started playing around with the host table. fu*ked the site up for a while but i managed to get it back working so i dont think they are a problem.

i dunno. seriously considering just paying for hosting or converting to Php and getting free hosting (elsewhere of course)

[davester28]

If you [213.94.197.XXX...] from outside the lan (someone else's PC elsewhere on the net, do you connect?

If Yes - you've narrowed DNS problem

If No - you've narrowed it down to something like... your firewall is blocking the outside request, or your router is not forwarding to the correct machine or port, etc...

Davester

[Justice]

i got it sorted on friday.
it turned out that the router was configured to block
all incoming Trafic.

thanks for all yer help guys.