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SamAndrew81
Asked: 2015-10-22 20:31:17 +0800 CST

Cannot open IIS 8 default site by private IP or localhost, yet IIS “browse” to by internal DNS works

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Getting a "HTTP 404 Not Found" when I enter the server's LAN IP in a browser (http://192.168.1.70 - which the site has bindings for) or simply try to browse to localhost in IE 11. However, in IIS 8 I can successfully browse to "http://Server.MyDomain.com on 192.168.1.70" and everything works as intended. The static DNS A record already exists and was created for the hostname before I installed IIS 8 role.

    So far, I have tried:

  • Adding 192.168.1.70 and Server.MyDomain as trusted sites in IE
  • Deleting/re-adding the site in IIS
  • Restarting IIS Admin Servicing and rebooting the server.

    • What could be the issue here? Thank you.

    windows-server-2012-r2

    1 Answers

    1. Best Answer

      In my particular case here, reinstalling the IIS 8 role was the solution.

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