IIS 5.1 admin acct can view webpage but not anonymous users.

[javaScripter]

I have searched this website for the information that deals with the anonymous access for XP's IIS 5.1 but I still don't understand.

I installed XP's IIS 5.1 along with all of the required files. I also made sure that I have all of the required protocols installed. I can access the web through my cable modem just fine. I have a website that is currently online with a provider, but that provider only allows 18Mb of traffic daily. Thus I wanted to host my own website. After I installed IIS, I surfed to

http://LocalHost

and was rewarded with my site. I was overjoyed that it could be this easy.

At this stage I registered a sub-domain with

http://www.no-ip.com

and pointed it at my dynamic IP address. I surfed to my website address and was again rewarded with my website. I thought everything was A O.K. and I proceeded to tell all my freinds about the site. Imediately I started getting messages that they couldn't connect to the site. I tried again from the Host computer and got right through to the website.

At this stage I thought that maybe what I had been loading was the "offline content" version of the website so I deleted all offline content and cookies (to be safe) and surfed to the address again. (

http://katies-world.no-ip.com/

) Again the site loaded fast and completely.

I believe that the problem is with the access allowed to the directory. I have made sure that "Anonymous Access" is turned on and that the account used for anonymous access has "read" rights and that those same rights apply to all folders in the default directories for my website. Still I was able to connect, but everyone coming from outside of the host computer couldn't load the page.

At this stage I thought the problem I might be having, involved port 80 which is the HTTP protocol port. If my ISP resricts port 80 then my web users might not be getting through to the content, but I know that isn't the case because while logged onto the Admin account on the server, I can access the website through the no-ip.com network. Which means (I think) that as the Admin of the "localHost" I was surfing out to the

http://www.no-ip.com

site and being redirected to my localHost via the internet. Thus I think that Port 80 ISNT blocked.

So, here is my question. What is needed to allow any web user to view the content of my website? What area's require passwords and which don't? If I can get to the content with an Admin account, should I grant the same access to every internet user? Could the NAME of the account that they are using to access the content be what is keeping users out?

Im sorry this post is so long, but I really need a very in-depth answer. Thanks in advance for the info.

 

[javaScripter]

I really need the help please...anyone ever have a problem like this? Please forgive me if there is info on this site that has covered this topic since I posted it originally. Thanks.

 

[Dogers]

how are you testing it on your end?

http://localhost

will bypass the whole lot - can you get to it using the no-ip.com address?

looking at the katies-world address, (assuming thats yours) its pointing to port 9125 - is IIS setup properly on this port? (and should it be this port??)

what message are others getting when they try and access it?

 

[javaScripter]

Yes I can access the site through the no-ip.com address. I have had my IIS off for the last couple of days while I was at work, but its on right now if you want to try and access the site. The address is the same one that I provided above. (

http://katies-world.no-ip.com/

) The port that I have it pointing to (9125) was just a random port that I chose because 8080 wasn't working and my port 80 is blocked. What message do you get when you try and access the site? Thanks for your help.

 

[Dogers]

right, looking about, you seem to have two names:
katies-world.no-ip.com
and
katies-world2.no-ip.com

where are these meant to point to? they currently point to different ip addresses - the first works and directs to a page on the second, which simply times out.. quite why you can view it i've no idea, as if it was to do with permissions, then it should pop up some sort of login box

other than the ips being correct, are you using a firewall of some sort? when youre at work or whereever, if you go to the site, press CTRL+f5 what happens - does it load again, or have the timeout message?
and what happens if you go to

http://katies-world2.no-ip.com:9125

?