Web Service only working on local machine [Includes Screenies]

[paulthepaddy]

hey guys, i created website/web service, got it up and running, it works when using it from localhost


but when i try to use the service using my external Ip address i get this.


i have done all the firewall and router settings, ofc as i CAN view the page externally.
i have changed the permissions settings

all i did to make the page was,
Create a new website/ASP.NET webservice
copied the files from the project solutions into the server directory.

is their anything i need to do so the service is usable from my client??
any help at all is apreicated

 

[ellorinco]

Add Web Reference to your Apps. And get the link of your Web Service via [Web Method]. And you're done!

 

[JohnH]

You are probably using the VS Developer Server or IIS Express, they are for local debugging only, and you need a full IIS web server for remote access. Web Servers in Visual Studio for ASP.NET Web Projects
It seems there is a configuration/hack to enable remote access for IIS Express, but I haven't tried it, see here: Working with SSL at Development Time is easier with IISExpress - Scott Hanselman

edit: thinking about it, it is weird that get any page at all if there is no remote access!? Do a search for the message you get "the test form is only available...", there were some additional configurations that popped up for that.

 

[paulthepaddy]

hi john, thanks very much for getting back to me,as u can see form how old the post is, i have been stuck with this for a while, i have watched videos on youtube and as far as i can tell im not doing anything wrong.

my biggest problem was that i didn't know what to google, as most ofthesearch result were bringing me to tutorials that where basicly the same as i was doing.

i have been soo busy with work im working from 7am to like 8-10pm.
thanks for the link i havn't had a chance to look at them yet, but will do in a few hours or so.

TBH, i am a bit out of my league when it comes to servers, i will have a lot of questions to come as my inital plan, is to have an email server for a small family business of 4 people, as madas this sounds, it is more so for saving copies of the e-mails, and the attachment invoices. i know this isin the wrong topic and i dont want to change the topic, but could you point me in the right direction for this, planning to get a small server going (windows server 2008) can't be bothered trying to get used to linus OS.

NOTE: i will reply to this thread reguarding the web service, also would i be right that iis doesn't have a massive amount of documenation on it, cant find nice simple info, like do i really need to learn everyting about every protocall im going to use, ATM i dont care how it works as long as i know how to use it lol