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by dgates_1 1 view

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I have recently installed a copy of a web based help desk program on to a NT 4.0 server. The server is running IIS 4.0. After install, I should be able to browse to the program using http://servername/application/

I can do this from "other" browsers on the network but not the box it is installed on.

I can browse the app on the box it was installed on using http://ipaddress/application/.
Using the browser name yields a DNS error.
I can:
ping the IP of the server
ping the name of theserver
nslookup works with the server name and IP.

The server is configured as a resolver on a network with only one nameserver(Microsoft DNS). Could this be something other than DNS? We do not use host files or lmhost files. The WINS server and the DNS server are the same machine.
Windows NT server (enterprise edition)SP6, IIS 4.0, and the help desk program (footprints) were all just installed on this box.

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by bohicam1

just a thought here, but if you are trying this on the local machine should you not be typing in
http://localhost/application
hope this is all it is
good luck!

Mike

by mshavrov

Are you sure you are using FQDN name for server? From your question I didn't realize that. In case you don't put "domain name" in server name it'll look "NetBIOS" name in WINS or LMHOSTS. Check it first.

Good luck.

by n_k_goyal

Hello Dear,

In network properties specify the host name to the server name than it will start working properly.
Very funny, i have opposite problem my iis is running on server from all method but not on clients.

by dgates_1

If you are telling me to make the host name and the server name the same, they are. What do you mean by specifying the host to the server?

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