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Old December 8th, 2004, 08:50 AM
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I'm running XP pro (sp2) and I can't get IIS working to load http://127.0.0.1/localstart.asp or http://localhost/localstart.asp. I've tried a lot of different suggestion on forums but still no luck!

I've tried the following:
1) Re-installed IIS as an administrator
2) I can ping 127.0.0.1 and localhost (returns 127.0.0.1) without any problems.
3) If I try http://127.0.0.1 this does not load
4) I get the same problem if I'm connected to the internet or not (connected via a Belkin wireless card and Belkin router & cable modem)
5) Changed the internet options in LAN setting for IE6.0

I have another PC connected to my home network running XP pro, SP2 (connected to the Belkin router via an ethernet connection) and this runs IIS without any problems.

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated!
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You kinda took the long way around that, reinstalling and all.

It's a shame you weren't familiar with netstat -a or any of the netstat commands to see what's actually listening on open ports before going through all the rest of it.
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You kinda took the long way around that, reinstalling and all.

It's a shame you weren't familiar with netstat -a or any of the netstat commands to see what's actually listening on open ports before going through all the rest of it.


Hi Balamm,

Any suggestions on what I could try to get this working?

Thanks StuH
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Does a simple asp page like <% response.write "whatever" %> saved as maybe test.asp work if you point your browser to http://localhost/test.asp

localstart.asp has some asp code that uses adsi and other server objects and isn't the simplest test page.
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open a command prompt and type NETSTAT -a

then look through the list to see if IIS is actually running on an open port.

You'll get a list that looks like this

Active Connections

Code:
  Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:echo   smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:discard  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:daytime  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:qotd   smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:chargen  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:ftp    smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:smtp   smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:nameserver  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:domain  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:finger  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:http   smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:81     smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:pop3   smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:epmap  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:https  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING


The list will likely be longer, I've truncated it just for demo use.


this is what you want
Code:
TCP    smileygen-c17cf:81     smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING

My IIS runs on port 81 though so you'll be looking for something running on port 80.
You can also try port 443 (https) in case either your firewall or ISP is blocking port 80.

If you do see IIS running, type NETSTAT -a 5 and then try to connect to localstart.asp again while watching the active connections. You should get some idea if IIS is answering or not.
Have you tried a test html page yet?

That would show if it's an asp problem or just a configuration issue.

just something simple like
Code:
<center><h1>CONNECTION TEST<h1/></center>
saved in notepad to inetpup/wwwroot as index.htm
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Originally Posted by balamm
open a command prompt and type NETSTAT -a

then look through the list to see if IIS is actually running on an open port.

You'll get a list that looks like this

Active Connections

Code:
  Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:echo   smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:discard  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:daytime  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:qotd   smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:chargen  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:ftp    smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:smtp   smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:nameserver  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:domain  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:finger  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:http   smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:81     smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:pop3   smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:epmap  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING
  TCP    smileygen-c17cf:https  smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING


The list will likely be longer, I've truncated it just for demo use.


this is what you want
Code:
TCP    smileygen-c17cf:81     smileygen-c17cf:0      LISTENING

My IIS runs on port 81 though so you'll be looking for something running on port 80.
You can also try port 443 (https) in case either your firewall or ISP is blocking port 80.

If you do see IIS running, type NETSTAT -a 5 and then try to connect to localstart.asp again while watching the active connections. You should get some idea if IIS is answering or not.
Have you tried a test html page yet?

That would show if it's an asp problem or just a configuration issue.

just something simple like
Code:
<center><h1>CONNECTION TEST<h1/></center>
saved in notepad to inetpup/wwwroot as index.htm


Hi Balamm,

Many thanks for the above - I've tried loading both a test html and test asp file and neither work. I've run the netstat -a but can't find an entry for port 80 or port 443. Not completely sure what I'm looking for and how I would know which entry is for IIS? My other PC that is running IIS okay doesn't have port 80 or 443 entries but there are a lot of entries for localhost.

Any further assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks StuH
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Does a simple asp page like <% response.write "whatever" %> saved as maybe test.asp work if you point your browser to http://localhost/test.asp

localstart.asp has some asp code that uses adsi and other server objects and isn't the simplest test page.


Hi Doug G,

Many thanks for the above - I've tried loading both a test html and test asp file and neither work. Checked that these test pages load okay on my other PC that is running IIS okay.

Any further assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks StuH
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You're sure IIS is started in the internet services manager? No IP restrictions?

It kinda sounds like a SP2 firewall problem if IIS is in fact running.

I can't remember if you said you had confirmed that in services and in the task manager?
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You're sure IIS is started in the internet services manager? No IP restrictions?

It kinda sounds like a SP2 firewall problem if IIS is in fact running.

I can't remember if you said you had confirmed that in services and in the task manager?


Hi Balamm,

Yes, IIS admin is status started in services and the default web site is status running and the IP address is All unassigned. Again - thanks for your help on this.
Cheers StuH
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If you're running any antivirus script blocking try turning it off. And as balamm said, verify that the www service is running. If it's hung at "starting" that's often caused by a firewall, try setting the www service to manual startup, reboot, and then restart the www service.
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Hi Doug G & Balamm,

I've been turning McAfee security centre off and testing everything (tried stopping and restarting the IIS servive manually) and no luck. The IIS Admin service is running according to services manager, it has status of 'Started'.

Any more ideas?
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