Hi guys,

I have a little issue here, I am running IIS 5.1 on a WinXP Pro machine the configuration is as follows;
- No firewall is running (inc. Windows crap)
- IIS has default website using ports 80, 8080 and 81
- You can connect to port to my ip using 81
- Site can be viewed by me on my local network
- No external viewers can see the site without using port 81 (for example 211.211.211.211:81)
- All permissions have been set and are fin when using port 81 but default 80 can not be used.
- IIS is running on the primary PC on the network PC1 (testing server)

Having said all the above could some one please help me?! I have tried everything under the sun but yet it is to work? Any help would be appreicated. Many thanks in advance.

Regards
Allan

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Allan,

My first question is are you running your XP PC on a network?

If so, is it bhind a router or firewall?

If it is, is port 80 open on the firewall?

Is port 80 on the router/firewall (NAT) pointing to the internal IP address of your XP PC?

These are the only issues that I can think of that would affect outside viewing of your website on a specific port.

Hope that helps,
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Barry Smith
BKS Graphic Design

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Hi Barry,

Thanks for replying... There is no firewall nor router. I have ICS setup on the machine running IIS (as far as routing is involved) but other than that it has no kind of protection (deliberately done) so that I can limit where the problem is coming from.

Regs.
Allan