Remote Access

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Adam

I am running windows 2000 advanced server and I want to be able to host my
website internally, I have configure IIS, how do I connect to the server
through a browser remotely from the network.



When I am on the network I can view my website, but away from the network I
can't connect.



I have setup routing and Remote Access



This is the first time I have tried setting this up, so I don't know what I
am missing



An help would be appreciated
 
I am running windows 2000 advanced server and I want to be able to host my
website internally, I have configure IIS, how do I connect to the server
through a browser remotely from the network.



When I am on the network I can view my website, but away from the network I
can't connect.



I have setup routing and Remote Access



This is the first time I have tried setting this up, so I don't know what I
am missing



An help would be appreciated
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I am not familiar with IIS, but the routine must be this:
You are behind a modem/router and maybe the router even has a
firewall in it.
So the router must be told to send traffic for your HTTP site, COMING
IN on port 80, to be directed to the computer running IIS (eg.
192.168.1.4 or whatever its IP address it is with you).
This is NAT: Network Address Translation.
People from the outside try to connect to your outside IP address,
which is different from the inside address of the ISS server.
So internal redirection of HTTP traffic is necessary.
So INCOMING trafic on port 80 must be redirected to IP address
192.168.1.4.
Besides that, the Firewall on the router must allow INCOMING traffic
on port 80, destined for 192.168.1.4.
And there may be another firewall on the IIS computer. This also must
allow INCOMING traffic on port 80.
Firewalls are generally very particular concerning INCOMING traffic.

If you would later decide to run an FTP server as well, the same holds
true:
traffic on ports 20 and 21 (FTP ports) would have to be redirected to
the computer/IP address where the FTP server runs.

Good luck
Erik
 
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