IIS Error

[Pjfreak]

I'm running win2K server with Exchange Server 2000. I have OWA enable so users can get mail remotely. I would also like to host a webpage through IIS. When I go to start hosting the webpage I get this error: The service could not be started because it is not configured correctly. Make sure the server bindings do not conflict with other sites running on the same machine. Can I host both of these sites on port 80? Does anyone have an answer or can you lead me in the right direction? Thanks!

[Matridom]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Pjfreak:
<strong>I'm running win2K server with Exchange Server 2000. I have OWA enable so users can get mail remotely. I would also like to host a webpage through IIS. When I go to start hosting the webpage I get this error: The service could not be started because it is not configured correctly. Make sure the server bindings do not conflict with other sites running on the same machine. Can I host both of these sites on port 80? Does anyone have an answer or can you lead me in the right direction? Thanks!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">only one page may be hosted on each port, you have several options, you can change the port, or creat a sub page. you could make your exchange server "www.****.com/exchange" or put it on a different port "www.****.com:##".

[Pjfreak]

Thanks for the quick reply... Are there any advantages/disadvantages when changing ports or sub pages? How do I go about setting up a sub page? Exchange is set to use mail.domain.net/exchange. I want the website to use <a href="http://www.domain.net." target="_blank">www.domain.net.</a>

[Matridom]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Pjfreak:
<strong>Thanks for the quick reply... Are there any advantages/disadvantages when changing ports or sub pages? How do I go about setting up a sub page? Exchange is set to use mail.domain.net/exchange. I want the website to use <a href="http://www.domain.net." target="_blank">www.domain.net.</a></strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Setting up the webserver and echange server are beyond me, I don't even know HTML. I host a webpage for my terminal server, i've changed the port # in order to hide it's location and prevent hacking. Now Terminal created a sub page that just added to the default homepage.. someone else will need to help you set it up..

[CJK]

In order to use <a href="http://www.domain.com," target="_blank">www.domain.com,</a> you need to register the domain name. I don't fool around with IIS alot but I remember along time ago you can do virtual servers. I would do research for you but don't have time. Also you could ad another nic or ip address bound to the existing nic. I would go with the ip addresses, the easiest would be to bind another address to your nic and have each site use a different ip address.

[Pjfreak]

Thanks for the help guys... I've already registered my domain. (I was using domain.com as an example)

I did a little more research and this is what I found.

1. You can put both sites on the same IP address and same port, but use host headers to direct traffic to the appropriate site. So you could add a host header for mail.mycompany.com to the OWA site, then access OWA using <a href="http://mail.mycompany.com." target="_blank">http://mail.mycompany.com.</a> All other traffic will get redirected to the main web site. This article has more information on setting up host headers:
Q190008 Using Host Header Names to Host Multiple Sites from 1 IP Address
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q190008" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q190008</a> NOTE: this method will NOT work if you're using SSL on both sites:Q187504 IIS: HTTP 1.1 Host Headers Not Supported When Using SSL <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspxscid=kb;EN-US;Q187504" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspxscid=kb;EN-US;Q187504</a>

2. You can put both sites on the same IP address but different ports. For example, your normal web site could be on port 80, and your OWA site could
be on port 8080. NOTE: If you use this method, you will need to specify the port in the URL in order to connect to the site on the non-standard port, e.g. you'll need to use a URL of <a href="http://my.server.com:8080" target="_blank">http://my.server.com:8080</a> if the second site is on port 8080.

3. You can put both sites on port 80 but use different IP addresses for each. This does not necessarily require having two separate NICs; you can bind multiple IP addresses to the same NIC. (Go to the properties for your network connection, click TCP/IP, click the Properties button, click the Advanced button, and add in all the IP addresses you need.)

NOTE: If you choose option #1 or option #3, you may also need to modify your DNS and/or WINS settings. For example, if you choose method #1 and set up a host header for mail.mycompany.com, you'll need to modify your DNS settings so that mail.mycompany.com resolves to the IP address for your system. If you choose method #3, you'll want to make <a href="http://www.mycompany.com" target="_blank">www.mycompany.com</a> resolve to the first IP address and mail.mycompany.com resolve to the
second IP address.

[lysergic]

Move the webmail over to a different port, setup IIS on port 80 then make use of DNS to create an A record (or CName) for something like webmail.mydomain.com. Setup IIS to handle a host header for it then have your index page act as a redirect to the webmail port with something like:

response.redirect "http://webmail.mydomain.com:8080"

Or as you say, use a seperate IP address.