Hi Aaron,
This can happen if your router doesn't support loopback. I would have a
friend try it, or you can use a proxy server to test your external IP
address (since the proxy server makes the request from outside of your
network)
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"Aaron" <afriedman111.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to view my website on one computer from another computer.
> Both of the computers are connected to the same linksys router and the
> http requests are being forwarded to the ip address of the computer
> with the site on it. When I type in the wan IP address of the router
> into my web browser on the computer with the site on it I get the
> error: "Operation timed out while attempting to contact [ip address]."
> This, I take it, means that computers out side of the network can't
> view the page. When I type the ip address of the computer with the
> website on it into the web browser on that computer, I get the
> website. When I go to the second computer on the router and type the
> ip address of the computer with the website into the web browser, i
> get a "Can't find page" error. This means the error has to be on the
> computer with the website on it rather than possible settings on the
> router. Can someone please help me with this problem. I'm not too
> familiar with IIS and networking.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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