Deploying my ASP.NET application

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Michelle Stone

Hi everybody

Recently I wanted to test my ASP.NET application over the
Internet. So I gave my IP Address over the phone to a
friend of mine and asked him to enter
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/MyAppName/Logon.aspx

But his explorer window just kept on waiting for sometime
and displayed an error message (once it was page cannot
be found, another time it was gateway timeout).

To rule out the possibility of his IE not working, I
tried from several locatoins, and none of them worked.

And I used ipconfig to check whether my IP address
changed, both before giving him the address and after he
got the error. It had NOT changed.

Is there any settings I have to do in IIS to enable other
PCs on the internet to connect to my machine?

Thank you...

Regards

Michelle
 
This could very well be a problem for which you have no course of action.
Chances are, you're a broadband user. Most broadband providers these days
(and even more dial-up providers) block certain ports to prevent what they
consider mis-use of their services. Your provider is likely blocking port
80.

Also, if you're running a broadband gateway/firewall, or security software,
like Zone Alarm or Norton PC Security, those products may also prevent
outsiders from connectiong to those ports.

One thing you COULD do, is go into the web site configuration inside IIS and
change the port that it listens on. But you would then have to provide your
URLs in the format:

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:port#/pathtosite

Hope this helps...

Chris
 
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Michelle said:
Hi everybody

Recently I wanted to test my ASP.NET application over the
Internet. So I gave my IP Address over the phone to a
friend of mine and asked him to enter
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/MyAppName/Logon.aspx

But his explorer window just kept on waiting for sometime
and displayed an error message (once it was page cannot
be found, another time it was gateway timeout).

To rule out the possibility of his IE not working, I
tried from several locatoins, and none of them worked.

And I used ipconfig to check whether my IP address
changed, both before giving him the address and after he
got the error. It had NOT changed.

Is there any settings I have to do in IIS to enable other
PCs on the internet to connect to my machine?

Thank you...

Regards

Michelle
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Hi Michelle,

If you're using Windows XP, either:

1) your ICF (Internet Connection Firewall) is on and blocking all
connections
2) maybe a personal/business firewall is blocking access to your port
80

possible solution(s):
1) configure ICF to allow connections on your port 80 (web)
2) configure your personal/business firewall to allow access on your
port 80

hth,
Jonel


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