No matter what I do, I'm still not getting it right. I must be missing something.
I have a domain name though godaddy.com
DNS through zoneedit.com
I've installed IIS on my computer.
In IIS I have set up the default web site
Under properties, I have my external IP address entered, port 80, and www.mysite.com in Host Header name.
I have a router - Have port forwarded port 80 and 443 to 192.168.0.101, which is the computer with IIS.
I have IIS services started.
I can't even get it to open through http://localhost.
I have looked at sites where other people were having the same problem, but there solution is never mine.
Please let me know if you can help me. Thanks.
Who do you correctly setup IIS?
Well it is not a network issue if you cannot even get it using localhost have you tried loopback address from the server? 127.0.0.1 make sure you are in the correct directory with your index.html file also. Do you see anything in event viewer?
Who do you correctly setup IIS?
If you are trying to do this from your cable or dsl connection at home then that's probably one of the problems, they block users with home accounts from running a web server, most usually will allow you to do this however if you pay extra for business service.
IIS is a big head ache under even the best circumstances, why don't you just let some one else host it?
Godaddy has nice hosting options, and probably cheaper then getting business class broadband from your ISP, but if you must run your own web server, then you should consider Apache instead of IIS, its much easier to configure as well as being much more secure than IIS.
