IIS behind NAT , PLease Help !!

Hello All ,

I'm using internet connection sharing in a LAN ( All uses XP ) to connect to internet.

I installed IIS to make a webserver to have my sites accessible through internet.

the problem is that to make webserver by IIS , you need static IP , but our network is based on NAT. ( external IP and internal IP )

how this can be solved to have my sites accessible.

thanks,,,

Internally use a fixed IP for your web server.

Externally, if you have a non-static IP look at dynamic dns services like no-ip.com and zoneedit.com

You must forward http traffic through your nat router. And make sure your ISP doesn't block http.

thanks for reply ,

i already forwarded port 80 from router settings page to my internal IP , but i still getting "The page cannot be found" messege !!!

how i know if ISP block HTTPor not ? and if so , how can i use another port for accessing my site , please give detailed info.

thanks for your kind assistance,,,

To find out whether your ISP is blocking port 80, you might be able to find out from your ISP's website. Otherwise, call and ask them.

Within IIS you can specify the port to listen on for your web server.

Check for any other firewall that might be blocking traffic too.

Make sure port 80 is open on your server, then in your router, use a nonstandard port, and have it forward connections to that port to your machine on port 80.

use something like no-ip.com, and you can test it by doing a http://www.yoursitename.com:yourport/

see if that works.

Hello , there is a tool (site ) for checking if any port reachable on your webserver or not it is :

http://www.canyouseeme.org

i checked my external ip , with port 80 , and it gives me error ( not reachable )

that means that port 80 is prohibited for our network ?!!