Cannot browse localhost web sites

External Since: Jan 27, 2004 Posts: 2

Boy am I glad I found this tpoic becuase I am having the exact same problem. New Toshiba laptop that came with xp home. I upgraded to pro with a new update version, installed IIS and have not been able to have it work properly at all. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost," target="_blank">http://localhost,</a> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://127.0.0.1" target="_blank">http://127.0.0.1</a> all return file not found. I am actually getting this error now after a couple of adjustments:
HTTP 403.1 Forbidden: Execute Access Forbidden
Internet Information Services

Never the less, iis will not display any data in IE6.

- ping returns 192.168.1.100
- all pertinent services are running
- iis is running
- default web and all webs in wwwroot are started
- on a network with two desktops (2kpro, xppro (full versions)) that have iis working
- earthlink dsl connection
- running eight webs in wwwroot that cannot be viwed in dreamweaver or localhost/website in browser

This is driving me nuts as well as everything looks like it is configured and operating normally.

Any help, thanks a bunch.

Doug
doug RemoveThis @dynamicwebbuilding.com

----- Jeff Cochran wrote: -----

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:57:44 -0800, "Mark H" <mhimeda RemoveThis @ieee.org> wrote:

>I'm running XP Pro (IIS 5.1) (SP1). Cannot browse any
>localhost websites including default. Also cannot
>restart IIS from IIS mmc. IE simply hangs for awhile
>before "server not found" message. I tried reinstalling
>IIS to no avail. Any suggestions?

Start with:

Control Panel -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settings ->
Uncheck everything.

Then post actual error messages if this doesn't work, along with
specifics about what you've tried.

Jeff

External Since: Jan 22, 2004 Posts: 3

Tony,
I responded to a couple of subthreads yesterday, but for=20
some reason it didn't get posted. Anyway, here's the=20
scoop...

Last time I used local IIS was a few months ago, so I'm=20
not exactly sure when this broke. I'm running VS.Net for=20
an ASP.Net project on this machine and it couldn't create=20
the project using localhost. That's when I found the=20
problem. I'm running a small network w/ Win2K domain,=20
DHCP, DNS, and WINS server on the same machine. All net=20
services seem to be running fine. I can ping all=20
machines using their NetBIOS names and DHCP addresses. =20
When I ping my localhost, NetBIOS name, or DHCP-assigned=20
address, I get replies with "Reply ::1: time <1ms". =20
Seems odd that the address gets returned that way. If I=20
ping 127.0.0.1, I get replies back with the full=20
address. I have a couple of web sites on this=20
workstation. I'm not using host headers.

Additionally, I have the following information from=20
WFetch when I try to browse localhost...

>>> Start Log from WFetch
started....
WWWConnect::Close("localhost","80")\n
closed source port: 1236\r\n
WWWConnect::Connect("localhost","80")\n
0x2749 (A request to send or receive data was disallowed=20
because the socket is not connected and (when sending on=20
a datagram socket using a sendto call)
no address was supplied.): connect()
IP =3D "127.0.0.1:80"\n
source port: 1239\r\n
REQUEST: **************\n
OPTIONS /default.htm HTTP/1.1\r\n
Host: localhost\r\n
Accept: */*\r\n
\r\n
RESPONSE: **************\n
HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.1\r\n
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:37:04 GMT\r\n
MS-Author-Via: MS-FP/4.0,DAV\r\n
Content-Length: 0\r\n
Accept-Ranges: bytes\r\n
DASL: <DAV:sql>\r\n
DAV: 1, 2\r\n
Public: OPTIONS, TRACE, GET, HEAD, DELETE, PUT, POST,=20
COPY, MOVE, MKCOL, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, LOCK, UNLOCK,=20
SEARCH\r\n
Allow: OPTIONS, TRACE, GET, HEAD, COPY, PROPFIND, SEARCH,=20
LOCK, UNLOCK\r\n
Cache-Control: private\r\n
\r\n
WWWConnect::Close("localhost","80")\n
closed source port: 1239\r\n
finished.
..
>>> End Log

Here's some oddities...
1) Note that after the socket error above, it seems to=20
find the site (IE just hangs). If I set the "socket=20
reuse" check box in WFetch, and try again, it finds the=20
site w/out the error.

2) When I browse localhost with IE, it finally returns=20
with page unavailable. If I then click on the "Detect=20
Network Settings" link, it finds the site after a short=20
pause. From that point on in the session, I can find the=20
site. However, if I quit from the session, I'm back to=20
square 1. This seems consistent with what WFetch is=20
returning.

Hope this HELP!s.

Mark
>-----Original Message-----
>Howdy Mark,
>
>Let's start with the basics:
>
>When did this start happening?
>Did it ever work?
>What changed?
>
>What kind of network configuration do you have? Details=20
please Smile

>
>Can you ping:
>localhost - what's the ip that comes back?
>netbios - what's the ip
>FQDN
>
>How many web sites do you have?
>
>Are you using host headers?
>
>Let's start with this, and see where we end up.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Tony DeVere [MSFT]
>Microsoft IIS
>Newsgroup Support
>tdevere@online.microsoft.com
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