Question : How to host a web site on IIS

Hi Experts,

I have a small web page that I need to host on IIS on one of my desktops.  It is only accessed by a few people.  I can host the site locally - it works fine.

My problem is access from the internet.  The desktop that I am using has broadband internet.  I registered a dynamic IP for the PC with www.DynDNS.org.  My hostname is "frikkie.dyndns.org".  If I switch on my remote desktop access, people are able to remote desktop to me over the internet.

Now I just need to configure IIS to allow these outside users access to my site.  Please keep in mind that the requirements are that I host this site on this specific desktop - I cannot use an ISP.

Please assist

Thanks

Answer : How to host a web site on IIS

PantoffelSlippers,

the 172.27 address is an internal network address, which means the 41. address is NATing your 172 address.  Is the broadband modem you have a router style modem?  Does it do NATing to protect you?  If so, you may need to configure your machine as a DMZ on the router.  Otherwise, the ISP is NATing and you probably will not be able to do it.  The reason the remote desktop works is you probably send a token to the machine to allow access.  This lets the NAT router know to expect the traffic to come and it knows where to redirect it.  

Here is a bit of information about the 172 range and the link it came from....

3. Private Address Space

   The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved the
   following three blocks of the IP address space for private internets:

     10.0.0.0        -   10.255.255.255  (10/8 prefix)
     172.16.0.0      -   172.31.255.255  (172.16/12 prefix)
     192.168.0.0     -   192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix)

   We will refer to the first block as "24-bit block", the second as
   "20-bit block", and to the third as "16-bit" block. Note that (in
   pre-CIDR notation) the first block is nothing but a single class A
   network number, while the second block is a set of 16 contiguous
   class B network numbers, and third block is a set of 256 contiguous
   class C network numbers.

   An enterprise that decides to use IP addresses out of the address
   space defined in this document can do so without any coordination
   with IANA or an Internet registry. The address space can thus be used
   by many enterprises. Addresses within this private address space will
   only be unique within the enterprise, or the set of enterprises which
   choose to cooperate over this space so they may communicate with each
   other in their own private internet.

http://www.jpsdomain.org/networking/nat.html

Shawn