How to access the IIS ?

[pg]

I just signed up a domain, and it is hosted at the facilities of the
webhosting company. The server is IIS based, and I've just discovered
that it has *NO* gzip compression turned on.

Now I want it to be turned on, but found that IIS by default does not
compress dynamic pages. I need to get a plugin install on the server.

Problem is that the server is located almost half the world away. How
do I install the plugin ?

Can I do it remotely ?

If so, how ?

Can anyone here please help ?

Thanks !

 

[Sascha Jazbec]

You need a remote desktop connection to that machine and the Login name and
password of course from your provider.

The documentation for IIS is available on that Servers Desktop Help.

Remote Desktop Connection is in XP Pro/Tablet, Vista Business,Enterprise and
Ultimate

But best would be to contact the Admin of the Server beforehand.

Sascha/Germany

 

[Sportman]

do I install the plugin ?

No, not for IIS6 and IIS7

Can I do it remotely ?

When you have Remote desktop or Terminal server access or Windows
Telnet access or Remote IIS manager access in combination with
Administator rights.

You can do it with IIS manager menu or with command prompt cscript
adsutil:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...631-3695-4616-b268-cbe7cf1351ce.mspx?mfr=true

Most handy is asking your ISP to do it for you, so they can decide to
enable it for all websites (can give higher CPU load) or only for your
website directory as described in above Microsoft help page.

 

[Kristofer Gafvert]

Hello,

Contact your hosting company about your issue. What we say here may not
apply to you, because you may not have necessary rights to do it or your
hosting company have certain policies. So the hosting company is the best to
ask.

 

[robertwessel2]

I just signed up a domain, and it is hosted at the facilities of the
webhosting company. The server is IIS based, and I've just discovered
that it has *NO* gzip compression turned on.

Now I want it to be turned on, but found that IIS by default does not
compress dynamic pages. I need to get a plugin install on the server.

Problem is that the server is located almost half the world away. How
do I install the plugin ?

Can I do it remotely ?

If so, how ?

As other mentioned, you can do everything you need remotely via RDP.

However, if this is shared hosting, the hosting company is *never*
going give you that kind of access. They may not even give you that
kind of access if this is a dedicated host (which they're managing).

So you'll probably have to ask them to turn on compression. You may
encounter a surprising amount of resistance to the idea, especially in
a shared hosting environment, since you're pretty much required to
turn it on for the entire IIS server, and the first excuse they'll use
is avoiding disruptions to the other customers.

My suspicion has always been that increasing CPU utilization (by
turning on compression), which the hosting company is paying for, so
that bandwidth requirements, which *you* pay for (and are a profit
center for the hosting company), are reduced, is not considered a win
by most hosting companies.

 

[pg]

To all of you who have answered my post above, thanks a million !

You guys are sooooo right ! The answer I got from the webhosting firm
is exactly what you've told me.

In this case, is there an alternative ways - perhaps through java or
whatever?? - to trigger the gzip functions of IIS ?

Please help !

Thanks again !

 

[David Wang]

To all of you who have answered my post above, thanks a million !

You guys are sooooo right ! The answer I got from the webhosting firm
is exactly what you've told me.

In this case, is there an alternative ways - perhaps through java or
whatever?? - to trigger the gzip functions of IIS ?

Please help !

Thanks again !

Alternatives:
- Move to a hosting company that allows what you want to do.
- Or get a package with the hoster that gets you what you want.

"Alternative ways" are never going to work because:
1. Suppose you can change server configuration to add compression when
the hoster doesn't want it to happen. The hoster considers that a
security vulnerability and will fight against you
2. Suppose you find another way to add compression -- the hoster will
eventually notice the non-negligible CPU usage and fight against you

In other words, this is no longer a technical issue of whether IIS
supports it. It is a business issue between you and the hoster. And
the easy solutions are to either buy some package from the user such
that he says yes to compression, or go to another hoster that says yes
to compression. But it is incorrect to go behind the hoster's back
because you're just waiting to get kicked out by the hoster. The
hoster owns the server and pipeline so you have absolutely no leverage
other than money and where you give your business.


//David
http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
//

 

[pg]

Alternatives:
- Move to a hosting company that allows what you want to do.
- Or get a package with the hoster that gets you what you want.

"Alternative ways" are never going to work because:
1. Suppose you can change server configuration to add compression when
the hoster doesn't want it to happen. The hoster considers that a
security vulnerability and will fight against you
2. Suppose you find another way to add compression -- the hoster will
eventually notice the non-negligible CPU usage and fight against you

In other words, this is no longer a technical issue of whether IIS
supports it. It is a business issue between you and the hoster. And
the easy solutions are to either buy some package from the user such
that he says yes to compression, or go to another hoster that says yes
to compression. But it is incorrect to go behind the hoster's back
because you're just waiting to get kicked out by the hoster. The
hoster owns the server and pipeline so you have absolutely no leverage
other than money and where you give your business.

//Davidhttp://w3-4u.blogspot.comhttp://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
//

Thanks for the info !

Much oblige !