PWS, IIS, http://localhost/

[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! ---

http://www.geocities.com/rydel23/

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[Rydel]

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

http://localhost/

disappears, it also brings down the whole HTTP connection. I still 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 (e.g. "connecting to someserver.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. ---

http://www.geocities.com/rydel23/

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