How do I view web pages on my computer from a remote pc?

[Javan]

Ok,.... this one is really hard! I have win XP and I placed a website on my IIS server. But my question is, how do I view those web pages from a remote computer? I can view them on my computer by typing http://localhost/etc/etc but how do I get them from a remote computer? I know I dont HAVE TO buy a domain name because I've seen many websites that just go by IPAddress (ex: http://234.22.33.11/). So how can I view my website through a remote computers browser? Please help!

[andreys]

Is a remote computer on the same netrowk or you are talking about www?

[Memnoch1207]

You'll need to have a static IP address for your computer that is hosting the website.

[Javan]

Ok,... how do I find out this IP address for my website, or how do I create one? No,... its not on the same network. I want to access my computer over the Internet just by typing the IPAddress. Not all my files and programs, but just the ones that reside on IIS as a website

[andreys]

See if it helps:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/08/index3a.html

[Javan]

I appreciate your help andreys, but I have Win XP,... this talks about Linuz and really doesnt help.

[Javan]

Ok,.... I figured out how to configure my computer to map my LAN to the IPAddress that my computer has from my ISP. (I figured out the IPAddress with an ASP.NET page). Anyway,... it worked,... but it messed up something else. Now, My Internet connection goes away. In other words,... I can browse to my Website using the IP Address but I cant browse to any other websites on the Internet at all! And I actually look in the network connections folder in win XP and when I configure my computer to the IP Address the Internet Gateway- Internet Connection Icon disapears. When I change the IP Address back to Automatic,.. it reappears. What is going on here?

[Nigh™a®e]

Originally posted by Javan
Ok,.... I figured out how to configure my computer to map my LAN to the IPAddress that my computer has from my ISP. (I figured out the IPAddress with an ASP.NET page). Anyway,... it worked,... but it messed up something else. Now, My Internet connection goes away. In other words,... I can browse to my Website using the IP Address but I cant browse to any other websites on the Internet at all! And I actually look in the network connections folder in win XP and when I configure my computer to the IP Address the Internet Gateway- Internet Connection Icon disapears. When I change the IP Address back to Automatic,.. it reappears. What is going on here?

You internet IP is assigned by your ISP so it must be set on automatic. Specialy if you dont have a static ip.
If you want to configure it all manual you also must enter you dns server of you provider unless you run your own dns servers.

If you run XP and want to know the IP assigned by opening the network icon in your tray and go to the support button. There you will see the IP assigned by your ISP, the gateway and the DNS servers.

An other way to discover you ip settings is going to dos prompt and by typing ipconfig /all

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I have a small comment for you. When reading this topic from the beginning i notice that you are not really aware of how NT networks and IIS hosting works. Before setting everything up, please first read some documenet about the risk of running a server.

Specialy on XP (paradise for hackers) its not so smart to run IIS i think. When you run it, make sure your security settings are optimised and that you have all latest servicepacks, patches and hotfixes have installed.

If you want to run the site only on your local network, install it to a computer not directly connected to the internet or bind it only to your lan IP (trough iis management).
After binding the IP, there is some msdos command (have to look it up, and will post it later) to disable socket pooling for IIS.

What is the socket binding?
When you set iis to all unassigned or only to the internal ip, go to dosprompt again, and type netstat -na |more.
You will see there that port 80 on all ips is still listening but just doesnt accept the connections. When turnig of the socket pooling the iis will only listn on the ip and port you tell him.

More info about this can be found at microsoft, just search for iis socketpooling.

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If you want an server just for testing you page on the internet, look for a free host.
I think brinkster is one of the best free hosts for asp.net sites.

The most webhosts run fully on unix they do not support .NET, maybe will come soon with the .NET CLR for Unix microsoft released. (only not sure if it really work, should be working on FreeBSD, but i can't get it running)

p.s: If you still want to run your own server, you can allways contact me on msn ([email protected]) or icq (59781659) if you need any help with it.