remote admin of iis through a windows 98 machine using road runner

[TeKpHrEaK]

i am trying to figure out the best way to do remote administration of our iis server. i know how to do it if i am running a windows nt server or workstation, but i need to be able to administer from home. my home machine is running windows 98, msie 5.01, and my connection is road runner, which uses dhcp for its clients. for the most part my ip addy is the same, becuz my computer is always on, but i am afraid that i will have to do reconfiguring on the server end every time i have to shut down if i do not get assigned the same ip addy. is this even possible. i tried playing with LMHOSTS but i don't think that works on 98. i have heard about PC Anywhere, but i have heard that it crashes the web server. any help in this matter would be most appreciated. ;-}

 

[NullTerminator]

You will be using HTML admiistration. I usually set the admin port to one of my choice so it is the same across all servers. (easier on the brain.)<br>
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Your ISP probably has a block of addresses so you can set it up to allow access from that range. Say your ISP is allocated a class c network 222.333.111.0, your machine might have 222.333.111.109, go to Admin site properties, directory security tab, IP Address and domain restictions, EDIT.<br>
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Click ADD, Group of Computers, and enter network IP and subnet mask. Enter your machine's IP and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 As long as you IP is allocated from that block, you will get in. Beware that anyone else guessing your port can too, so I suggest diallowing anonymous access to that site as well.<br>
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Null

 

[gozer]

IIS html admin tool only works with NT operating system or it fails.<br>
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Refer to MOC or equivelant training book.<br>
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Even if you have ports enabled scripts in admin (I should say web application looks headers from browser requests and tries to use MS-CHAP.

 

[adean]

Another possibility to PC Anywhere is VNC. It is a free remote administration tool originally developed by Olivettia and now owned by AT&T in the UK. You can find it <A HREF="

http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/"

TARGET="_new">

http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/</A>.

The refresh rate can sometimes be quite slow, but you will be able to control the desktop with this tool.<br>
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[Guest_imported]

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