Can't view my TEST website.

[Mitch999]

Help!!! Using Win2003 Srvr. Created a test website on my test webserver. (test webserver is called WEBSERVER)

When I go to workstation and try and browse my test website (using IE6) I get page not found.

Am typing in

http://webserver/test.

I have a default.htm file inside my content folder so I should expect to see at least that, no?

But where it gets interesting is, if I type in the ip address of my virtual server, I see my default.htm page just fine. Just can't use http://

thanks....

 

[Shift838]

could be two things. If you are getting page not found for the default website then why are you putting in

http://webserver/test

the way you have done it makes IIS think it is looking for a nother directory called test off the root of the default website. you may want to try

http://webserver

Now if it was working with ip address/test then your server is not being registered correctly to be found by server name.

hope this helps..

 

[Mitch999]

Chris,

You're quickly evolving into my own personal helpdesk. I believe you've helped me out several times before and I sure do appreciate it.

I think I may have stumbled on the solution myself but I think your response has helped me to confirm it.

It seems that where I'm going wrong is, I'm creating my content folder off the root of the webserver's C:\ instead of inside the inetpub\

http://wwwroot

folder and am still expecting to be able to browse my test website by typing

http://webserver/contentfolder.

That ain't working. If, however, I put my content folder inside

http://wwwroot

then it works. This just seems to run counter (probably just becuase I'm an IIS rookie) to what I would expect.

If I have statically assigned an IP address to my webserver (192.168.100.200) then added a second IP address to that same adapter (192.168.100.201) then created my new website and linked it to 201, it leaves me thinking that typing in

http://webserver/contentfolder

should take me to the default.htm page stored in contentfolder.

 

[Shift838]

if you are creating it off somewhere else then you need to specify the path in the default website properties and it should all work then..

I am glad I can be of some help for you. My email for further information is clssr1@earthlink.net (home email)