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I am trying to host a simple website in IIS I can access it locally with no issue but when i got to the internet i get nordstromfamily.net took too long to respond error in my browser I checked my firewall added the correct rules in for both windows firewall and my main firewall i even disabled windows firewall i know it is not a port forwarding issue i also checked ping and i can ping my domain name from the internet and all my friend can ping it too i dont know what i need to do
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Hi @Studmuffin 1134 ,
If your friend access the site through domain(not ping), do they have the same issue? When you access it locally, did you access through domain? As far as I know, domain always binds to public IP of server, can you access server through IP directly? It will show default web site on IIS.
they can ping the domain from the internet they just cant access the website they can access it throught vpn over the local ip address i deleted the default site
Hi @Studmuffin 1134 ,
You mean that they can access server through IP via VPN? If so, VPN is also necessary when access through domain.
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Ping doesn't help to identify the website access, I would suggest you to perform a telnet test on the port of website that you specified. Default website shall be using 80/443 and the subsequent sites you create will not be using the same port unless you specify it.
Maybe try to check what port you're using and try to telnet from internet.
I did specify the port in the bindings
May I know which port did you specify in the site bindings?
try and see if you can access it http://nordstromfamily.net:80
port 80 is the port i specified