[RESOLVED] Enabling Public Access to Local IIS Server's ASP.NET Website

I can't figure this out. I have a simple ASP.NET application that I am hosting on my computer which all local computers can hit. The next thing I want to do is setup the website for public access. No matter what I can't seem to get it to work.

- I have allowed incoming connections to port 80 through the firewall.

- I have setup my router to port forward all HTTP requests (80) to my locally assigned IP (192.168.1.XXX).

- I have setup my server to use anonymous authentication, which is set to "Application pool identity".

- I have even shut off my firewall to try and see if it would work.

Can't figure this out. Read a bunch of information, and in my head this should work, but it seems like I am missing something simple. I realize this thread's subject matter applies to IIS7 more-so than ASP.NET, however since I am relatively new to ASP I figured maybe I missed an ASP setting or something.

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Hey,

First up, when you try and access the page, are you accessing from your own machine, or are you accessing it from a machine from outwith your network? Also, what error message are you getting on the page, a 404?

Gary

When I access the page from any local computer or my computer it works fine. If I try to access the page outside of my network. As in, just use my DNS on a random computer it comes back with a server timed out/hasn't responded error. It makes me think that the server is rejecting authentication from outside requests.

outside network means through internet or LAN ?

internet

For your IIS logs, can you see any attempts at accessing the page? i.e. is the request getting through to the server at all?

Gary

So I figured it out. My ISP blocks port 80 so I had to change the port IIS listens on. Thanks for all the help.

Aw, that's lame!!

They must specifically be trying to prevent people from hosting websites, and eating up all the bandwidth!

Glad to hear that you figured it out though!

Gary