"Jase" <jase@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have set up a web site which runs off one of our internal web servers.
> Everything works fine when I try to access the site from within our
> network but unfortunately it doesn't work at all when I try to access it
> over the internet - I get "Cannot find server" error page.
>
> I have configured NAT so that one of our external IP addresses points to
> the internal IP address of the server - I know this is working because I
> have accessed other services on that server externally. I have also
> purchased a domain name and have configured its A record to point to the
> server's external IP address. I have configured the host header name in
> IIS to the domain name.
>
> I have also opened port 80 on our firewall so that it is open for the
> source as the internal LAN web server IP and the destination as "*".
>
> I'm almost totally sure it's a firewall issue because:
>
> 1) It works fine internally within our network
> 2) It still doesn't work when I add the domain name and external IP to my
> Hosts file (therefore it won't be a domain issue)
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem could be? Do I
> only have to open port 80 for IIS?
>
> TIA.
>

>> I have also opened port 80 on our firewall so that it is open for the
source
>> as the internal LAN web server IP and the destination as "*".

"Jase" <jase@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:PFJPe.1266$kE2.586@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
> Hi,
>
> I have set up a web site which runs off one of our internal web servers.
> Everything works fine when I try to access the site from within our
network
> but unfortunately it doesn't work at all when I try to access it over the
> internet - I get "Cannot find server" error page.
>
> I have configured NAT so that one of our external IP addresses points to
the
> internal IP address of the server - I know this is working because I have
> accessed other services on that server externally. I have also purchased a
> domain name and have configured its A record to point to the server's
> external IP address. I have configured the host header name in IIS to the
> domain name.
>
> I have also opened port 80 on our firewall so that it is open for the
source
> as the internal LAN web server IP and the destination as "*".
>
> I'm almost totally sure it's a firewall issue because:
>
> 1) It works fine internally within our network
> 2) It still doesn't work when I add the domain name and external IP to my
> Hosts file (therefore it won't be a domain issue)
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem could be? Do I
only
> have to open port 80 for IIS?
>
> TIA.
>
>