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by n_k_goyal 1 view

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My IIS is running fine on NT server. but
client computers are unable to browse from
iis. No problem in newtwork access. what to
do and how to do , please suggest me.

Nitin Goyal
nitingoyalin@usa.net

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by nichomach

1. What errors are they receiving, please? 2. What browser are they using? If netscape, can they browse to the IP address of the server, but not the name? If so, you'll need to define a host entry for the IIS server.
3. Is this an Intranet server, or public facing Internet server?
4. Do you use a proxy server? If so, is the local IIS server's address excluded from using the proxy at the browser option level?
5. Do you use WINS?

by mshavrov

Hi,

1. Check if you can see WEB Page form IIS computer itself: start IE (or Netscape) and type server's IP address in address bar.

2. Check you have all ports defined correctly in IIS: Run IIS Manager and go to properties of Default Web Site, check you have port 80 for web and port 443 for SSL.

3. Check if you have default page defined in proper location. If name is different from default.htm or default.asp, you can rename file to this convention or add "default" document name in properties of WEB site.

4. Check if IIS server is accessible from client computer at all: use PING and TRACERT. Also check if you have routing from IIS Server to client computer. Try to use same tools in oposite direction - from IIS to client.

5. Check if you have correct web-server-name and IP-address association. Try to ping server by name and see if it gives you correct IP address.

Good luck.

by nichomach

OK, 5 is the easiest to deal with first. On your WINS server, ensure that its own IP is assigned as the primary WINS address. Ensure that your other servers also have this as the primary WINS address, and so do any NT/2000 or 98 clients. For 95 ensure that your WINS server is defined as both the primary AND SECONDARY WINS server, since there's a bug in the 95 IP implementation which means that if you only define a primary, the setting will not be retained and resolution will fail.
On point 2, the good news is that IE will support WINS based resolution, so you should be OK there.
3. OK, so I assume there's no firewall between you and them.
4. I reckon the likeliest problem that you're going to have (if you can ping from the clients by hostname, i.e. ping >webserver_name<)is if the exclusion list for the proxy isn't set. On the clients, in IE, look at Tools, Internet Options, Connections, LAN Settings, Advanced. In the exceptions box, ensure that your Intranet server's name islisted.

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