PWS, IIS, http://localhost/ 1

[Rydel]

I am a complete newbie in terms of the IIS and PWS and I am running Windows 2000.

I develop Intranets in ASP, and I would like to test all ASP pages locally. The problem is that sometimes

http://localhost/

is visible and sometimes it just disappears (standard error page "host not found or DNS error&quot. Similarly, sometimes

http://localhost/

is visible, but

http://localhost/some_file.asp

says "file not found" although I can see clearly that the file exist (of course, correctly spelled). Any suggestions what causes such weird behavior?

Thanks in advance! ---

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[cbokowski]

Here is a good starting link from M$ (watch for wrap)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q272289

 

[Rydel]

Actually, it's even more weird than I thought - once

http://localhost/

disappears - it also brings down the whole HTTP connection. I can connect via Lotus Notes, I can connect to SMTP server, my network card reports no errors with connection, but Explorer and Netscape just don't work (connecting to "mail.yahoo.com" hangs for a while, times out, then there is a standard error "host not found or DNS error&quot. After I reboot everything is fine again. Maybe I should reinstall something? This is a very strange behavior, any ideas are welcome. ---

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[Rydel]

One guru from my firm also said that he has never seen anything of this sort. Anyone has any ideas what could that be? ---

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[Rydel]

Indeed it was a sort of DNS problem. Here is a short synopsis:

I had the following settings in IE:
[x] use automatic configuration file __some_intranet_url___

I unchecked it, found out the URL and port for my proxy at the firm, filled it in the appropriate fields and checked the box for "Bypass proxy server for local addresses". That was it. ---

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[Rydel]

...and (don't laugh) the page that didn't want to be displayed was an .htm page which was specified as ACTION in the form that has POST (not GET), so of course, it was not allowed to be displayed. And once I changed the extension to .asp everything worked. ---

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[danomaniac]

Rydel - THANK YOU!!!! I have been fighting this problem for almost a week!!! I've reinstalled IIS twice, pulled my hair out 3 times, and NOTHING! I stumbled across this post this morning, one check box later - Problem Solved!!! Thanks again. I never thought about the browser!!! AAACCCKKK!

 

[Rydel]

No problem. I am glad this was helpful for you as well! ---

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