Hi

I am running DotNetNuke 4.5.0 with the following specifications:

Windows 2003 server, MSSQL 2000 server, MS .NET framework 2.0, IIS 6.0.

No errors when installing and the webpage works when loading locally on the server. However when trying to connect from a remote computer within the network or  outside the network  I  get the following error: 'Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage'. This problem is only related to the DotNetNuke application, other webpages running on the IIS server works fine.  Have been trying to change connectionString values in web.config file: Server= (local) ,  Server='ip-address' ,  Server='servername', without solving the problem. Next I were trying to change the MSSQL Authentication from 'SQL Server Authentication' to 'Windows Authentication' but were not able to do this, need some input how to do this? The reason for doing this was to grant access to the server  through the 'Security settings'. 

Security settings on files and IIS application allows 'Network Service' and IUSR full access.

Web.config:

connectionStrings>
    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express
    <add
      name="SiteSqlServer"
      connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;"
      providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> -->
    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005 -->
    <add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Server=(local);Database=DotNetNuke;uid='uid';pwd='pwd';" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>
  <appSettings>
    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules  
    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User

Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;"/>
-->
    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005 - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules -->
    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Server=(local);Database=DotNetNuke;uid='uid';pwd='pwd';" />
    <add key="InstallTemplate" value="DotNetNuke.install.config" />
    <add key="AutoUpgrade" value="true" />
    <add key="UseInstallWizard" value="true" />
    <add key="InstallMemberRole" value="true" />
    <add key="ShowMissingKeys" value="false" />
    <add key="EnableWebFarmSupport" value="false" />
    <add key="EnableCachePersistence" value="false" />
    <add key="HostHeader" value="" />
    <!-- Host Header to remove from URL so "www.mydomain.com/johndoe/Default.aspx" is treated as "www.mydomain.com/Default.aspx" -->
    <add key="RemoveAngleBrackets" value="false" />
    <!--optionally strip angle brackets on public login and registration screens-->
    <add key="PersistentCookieTimeout" value="0" />
    <!--use as persistent cookie expiration. Value is in minutes, and only active if a non-zero figure-->
    <add key="InstallationDate" value="4/9/2007" />
  </appSettings>

This is my first DotNetnuke installation (4.1.1 and 4.5.0) and I have been installing and uninstalling the application for while now and getting the same result as described above. Could someone please help?

Svein.

I expect the same issue as Steve described, here the concrete steps to add a portal alias:

• on the installation server, log in locally as "host" user
• in Host menu go to Portals item
• select your portal to get the site settings displayed
• scroll to the end of the page, where portal aliases are listed (I assume there is only one "localhost" or "localhost/dotnetnuke"
• add a new alias "mypcname" or "mypcname/dotnetnuke"

Hi sfabian@gooddogs.com and leupold

Your advice did solve my problem.

Thank you!

Svein.