I'm trying to setup a web site in IIS that has some components hard coded to use 127.0.0.1 on the server (don't ask!). However, I don't seem to be able to browse this server using http://127.0.0.1 and I can't figure out why.

I have 3 load balanced servers in an array and can browse to http://127.0.0.1 no problem - but not this one. It's almost as if IIS isn't listening on that IP, yet I can ping it and it responds.

I've Googled this for some time but can't find an answer that resolves the issue so all suggestions welcome please!

Hi Caz.

Sorry for the late reply - the forum has been broken for a few days (as you probably noticed).

Have you resolved this issue yet? If not have you tried running netstat -an from a command line? This should give some useful output to see what IP addresses and ports the server is listening on.

Dave

No, this hasn't been resolved (it isn't urgent so haven't spent a lot of time on it). I looked at the netstat output and couldn't see it listening on port 80 on 127.0.0.1

What IP addresses are configured in the bindings for this site - all unassigned?

Caz,

From a command prompt run these commands (one at a time):


This will show you what IP addresses are in use. If you don't see 127.0.0.1 then you can use this command to add it:



You may need to restart IIS but this should solve the problem

Cocker you're a star, that was it. Thank you for the help everyone.