Cant connect to server from client.

cornerstone · Post by **cornerstone** » Fri May 19, 2006 12:56 pm

I'm sure this has been discussed a million times but I cant figure out what I am doing wrong. I did the server install and then installed the admin tool. I was able to access these sites from the server pc:

http://localhost/VaultService/serverInstall.html and
http://localhost/VaultService/VaultService.asmx

I was also able to log in using the admin tool on the server and set up some client accounts.

I am not able to to either log in or connect via browser to the server. From the client I get the error: "Unable to connect. No server was found at the specified URL". I am not a sys admin guy so I dont know all the inner workings of how to set up a web service, so I really dont know if I configured everything correctly.

The server is running on windows XP, using MSDE and IIS 5.1. I have both .NET 1.1 and 2.0 installed, and I reregistered the mappings for IIS (for both versions) since I started IIS after installing the frameworks.

Any clues as to what is wrong? Thanks

Jason

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Fri May 19, 2006 1:28 pm

I am not able to to either log in or connect via browser to the server. From the client I get the error: "Unable to connect. No server was found at the specified URL".

Is this from a web browser or Vault GUI Client on the server machine, or from a different machine?

Can you connect with a browser on the server machine to http://localhost/VaultService/VaultWeb/login.aspx?

If you are unable to connect from another machine, is there a proxy or firewall between the client machine and the Vault server?

cornerstone · Post by **cornerstone** » Fri May 19, 2006 1:43 pm

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I am not able to to either log in or connect via browser to the server. From the client I get the error: "Unable to connect. No server was found at the specified URL".

Is this from a web browser or Vault GUI Client on the server machine, or from a different machine?

On a different (non-server) machine. The error was from the GUI Client. I also tried to access the server through a browser on the non-server machine and could not get a respone.

Can you connect with a browser on the server machine to http://localhost/VaultService/VaultWeb/login.aspx?

yes

If you are unable to connect from another machine, is there a proxy or firewall between the client machine and the Vault server?

Aha! I went to the Windows Firewall on the server machine and made an exception for port 80. After that I was able to login from the client and also see the web pages on a client browser.

I am not sure if this is the appropriate (read: secure) way to fix the problem. Is this ok, or is there a site that can help me figure out how to maintain security?

Thanks

Jason

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Fri May 19, 2006 1:52 pm

Port 80 is the default port for IIS/websites/web apps.

If you're concerned about security, you could configure IIS to use Secure Socket Layer or SSL:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodte ... x?mfr=true