Hosting Web Server on XP Pro using IIS

[Guest]

Hello~

My computer is running on XP Pro with SP2 and IIS installed behind a router.
I configured the firewall setting from SP2 to enable web service via port 80
and configured the router to forward to my computer.

I can access the default web site by typing http://localhost,
http://privateIP, http://computerName, but cannot access from the Internet
(IP has been the same)

Any comment will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

 

[BobC]

Hello~

My computer is running on XP Pro with SP2 and IIS installed behind a router.
I configured the firewall setting from SP2 to enable web service via port 80
and configured the router to forward to my computer.

I can access the default web site by typing http://localhost,
http://privateIP, http://computerName, but cannot access from the Internet
(IP has been the same)

Any comment will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Maybe your ISP's TOS does not allow running a server and they have blocked
port 80 to help keep you honest.

You can try running your server on another port (such as 8080) then try to
access it from the Internet (http://serverIPAddress:8080.