Ok. Adding the site to the intranet zone made it work.
>-----Original Message-----
>You can use Basic or Integrated Windows Authentication.
Your copies of IE on
>the LAN will "auto-logon" to the server. Users on the
internet will be
>prompted for a username/password.
>
>So, in actual fact, you are authenticating in both cases,
but IE is doing it
>automatically for you if you access the server using
an "intranet" name, eg
>http://server
>
>If you access the intranet site using a fully-qualified
domain name (FQDN)
>or IP address, then you need to add the site to the
IE "Intranet" zone:
>
>Intranet Site Is Identified as an Internet Site When You
Use an FQDN or IP
>Address
>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=303650 >
>Internet Explorer May Prompt You for a Password
>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258063 >
>are both worth reading.
>
>Cheers
>Ken
>
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>: How do I best configure our iis6.0 if I want to access a
>: intranet site locally in the lan without entering login
>: and password but from the internet it must have
>: authentication.
>:
>: Regards,
>: Patrik
>:
>
>
>.