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Kram_Koorbse
Kram_Koorbse

Reputation: 492

Why can't I use a port with my website domain name?

I have a registered domain name, www.aaaDomain.com, assigned to ip address xx.xx.xx.xx . I set up my site on IIS8 to use the ip address xx.xx.xx.xx and port 8020 for my website. I can connect to the website when I type xx.xx.xx.xx:8020 in a browser but I cannot connect to the website when I use www.aaaDomain.com:8020 Also, I have another website on this same server as my Default website. When I type just the domain name without the port number, my default website comes up (because DNS does not allow adding port numbers) just like when I type in the ip address without the port number. What am I doing wrong? Here is what my site binding looks like on IIS8. enter image description here

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2727

Answers (2)

user3788685
user3788685

Reputation: 3093

As you already have an existing site running on the server you should check your security settings on both the Windows firewall and any other security/firewall settings you have - It sounds like you have not opened the additional port which you have just configured in IIS.

Check to see if you can ping the new site by its domain name - that will verify that you have the correct DNS setup, you can also try & browse to it via the server console (or remote desktop) if that works then its security setting somewhere blocking your access. Even if the ping request times out it should still resolve the name to an IP address for you to check. You may find that ICMP is also blocked.

Upvotes: 1

Jimbot
Jimbot

Reputation: 716

If you just changed your dns record, be aware that you should wait up to 72 hours for the dns to replicate after changing your dns record.

Upvotes: 0

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