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

[ForumAccount]

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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[gep13]

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

[ForumAccount]

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.

[danasegarane]

outside network means through internet or LAN ?

[ForumAccount]

internet

[gep13]

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

[ForumAccount]

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.

[gep13]

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