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When the site gets built, it autopublishes to a LAN location (10.x.x.x). I can reach this location no problem from my workstation. But when I try to go there from the POS machine (connected to the same LAN), I get "internet explorer cannot display the webpage" for some reason.
I am connecting through a port by the way. And so if I don't include http: first (it IS http, not https), IE8 seems to think 10.x.x.x is a protocol.
I can also connect to the root server 10.x.x.x without the port or further path, from the POS machine.
update: When trying to connect to the same site but hosted on a different server (albeit a somewhat older version of the site), it worked! So I'm investigating the host a bit further now and noticed it is lacking several system updates. Maybe it's a .NET framework piece that's missing? I'll know soon, after having updated.
Christofer Ohlsson
Posted 2014-05-28T12:45:26.430
Reputation: 121
Have you opened port 80 in your Firewall? – Dave – 2014-05-28T12:46:15.063
I can use other http sites, so I assume so. In the url, the port I use is 4xxxx something, but that's only incoming for the server, right? – Christofer Ohlsson – 2014-05-28T12:48:38.593
Other local sites? – Dave – 2014-05-28T12:49:21.133
Yes. http://10.x.x.x:45744/URLA (which I want to reach) does not work, while http://10.x.x.x:45744/URLB works.
– Christofer Ohlsson – 2014-05-28T13:05:09.187What protocol does it think it is exactly? Can your workstation ping the POSready 2009 machine? – Ramhound – 2014-05-28T13:25:30.673
@ChristoferOlsson: Are you able to install Firefox? Possibly even the portable version? Unfortunately IE is pretty useless for debugging these sort of problems. – James P – 2014-05-28T13:26:52.903
@Ramhound If I try to enter for instance 10.11.12.13:42522/path it thinks 10.11.12.13 is a protocol. I can indeed ping the machine from my workstation. – Christofer Ohlsson – 2014-05-28T13:29:13.860
@James Installed Firefox. It doesn't work either. Getting a "connection failed". – Christofer Ohlsson – 2014-05-28T13:33:42.547
@ChristoferOlsson: Does it not give any more information other than that? Have you tried installing the Firebug add-on for Firefox (https://getfirebug.com/) ?
– James P – 2014-05-28T13:35:43.273@DaveRook yes, I said so in the OP. But I may have been a bit unclear. It does work from my Windows 7 workstation on the same LAN. – Christofer Ohlsson – 2014-05-28T13:40:54.633
I need to know which protocol it thinks it is. – Ramhound – 2014-05-28T13:41:57.980
@James no, it just looks like a standard error page. I have now installed Firebug. – Christofer Ohlsson – 2014-05-28T13:44:18.590
@ChristoferOlsson: Try opening Firebug then accessing the page. Firebug can be opened by pressing F12. – James P – 2014-05-28T13:45:30.927
It could be that the site has blocked access to your IP. IIS allows you to set up a whitelist or blacklist of IP addresses for a site. This is set up under the Directory Security tab -> IP address and domain name restrictions. – James P – 2014-05-28T13:47:38.123
@James Sure, it's up and running now. What am I looking for? It only displays the error page DOM... – Christofer Ohlsson – 2014-05-28T13:48:36.190
The Net tab should show the request if you refresh the page. What does it say? – James P – 2014-05-28T13:50:38.900
@James it shows an HTTP Get request that gets aborted. 0 bytes transfered. Regarding settings in IIS, the IP address and domain name section of Directory Security is greyed out. Maybe I need to be admin? – Christofer Ohlsson – 2014-05-28T13:55:25.283
Update: My user is "computer administrator" on the server (actually Windows XP machine). – Christofer Ohlsson – 2014-05-28T13:57:16.173
@ChristoferOlsson: Could you post a screenshot of the error you are getting in Firefox please? – James P – 2014-05-28T14:00:43.143
It's possible that I am on my way towards finding a solution. See edit of OP. If that won't help, I'll be back with a screenshot :) – Christofer Ohlsson – 2014-05-28T14:18:10.777