Local Network Test Server setup

setting up server2000 for multiple websites

[XtendScott]

OK, I have a Win2000 server as my Domain Controller and DNS server. Trying to set it up to get multiple websites to be accessed locally with [mywebsite1...] and [mywebsite2....] I can get the default website with [servername...] but the additional websites I get "page cannot be displayed". I am trying to move from [servername...] to [mywebsite2...] for serverside and ISAPI_rewrite purposes.

I believe it is problems with the DNS not knowing the relationship to the defined website. This is the area I am needing help on. Even in the IIS console, when I try to brows the site and browser trys to open [mywebsite2...] I get the "page cannot be displayed". Permissions are set to everyone can brows with read privilages.

Any suggestions?

TIA

Scott

[bateman_ap]

Have you set them all up on individual IPs?

if not then you will have to set up virtual sites. In the IIS admin right click on the website and go to properties on the site you need to set up. Then go to "Web site" and next to the ip address is a advanced button. Click this and create a multiple identity. Type in the site name (ie www.domain.com and the ip address it relates to.)

Now you can browse to the site using www.domain.com

[XtendScott]

Yes, they are on individual IP's. I also tried your suggestion with no change.

I am not ruling out some thing is not config'd right on the server. I think the DNS is still forwarding to the outside. Is it something in the DNS or related?

Scott

[bateman_ap]

If you type in the ip in the browser addresss bar do you get the sites?

[plumsauce]

if they are not legit dns entries, then for testing
use a hosts file to fake it out.

look in the help files for how to do this.

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[spud01]

Have u added Read/Write permissions for IUSR_Server (Internet Guest Users) on the www-docs folder or root folder of the site?

[XtendScott]

IUSR_Server has read permissions. What I don't understand is that the website was given an IP address and when I enter the IP into the browser I still get sent to MS search page saying IP can't find IP address.

The IP given was an internal IP scheme. If I change the default website locations to the same folder as the site I am trying to create, the website works fine with //servername or server IP.

What is not registering or what is not configured to not see the new site or IP address for it. In the DNS Console I have created a Host and pointed it to the IP, but that would just to resolve the //websitename to the IP correct?

Still pounding my head.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Scott

[wkitty42]

have you restarted the server? IIS, i mean, not the machine... we used to have to wait upwards of ten minutes or more when making frequest updates to an IIS server during development phases of different sites... the fastest fix was to shutdown IIS and restart it... then the new updates and pages showed instantly... we finally moved from IIs to apache and took care of that niggle...

[XtendScott]

OK, another update.

I configured the site with an unsigned IP and assigned it to port 4888(any unsigned port would do).

I then can connect to the site with IPaddress:4888, could my DNS be messed up? ANY suggestions so I can get //mywebsite to work?

Scott