NEED help with DNS / IIS Please

We just switched from hosting our own website to a hosted
service. I've created a host name record that when
someone internally types www.domain.com it goes out to
our website instead of hitting the one on our old server.

I know need to have the old server act as a testing
server. I created a new host record www3.domain.com. But
when I try to access it it goes to the wrong folder in my
inetpub directory.

Also if I try to go to the website
by //servername/webfolder/index.html I can access the
main index page but then when I try to go
to //servername/webfolder/testfolder I get a "Directory
Listing error"

Your help is really appreciated.
Jody

Go to the Properties of the particular site in IIS and set the Home
Directory to what you want it to be. If there is more than one site and the
machine has multiple IP#s then make sure the particular site is set to the
right IP# in the General (Web site) Properties.

If you are going to the main root of the site you should never have to
include a folder name or any file name, that is why you want the Home
Directory setting pointing to the right "starting point".

You also want to set the Documents setting to be correct. You can list any
files here and it will try them in the order they are listed when there is
no filename given in the URL. You list may look similar to:

Default.asp
Index.asp
Default.htm
Index.htm
Default.html
Index.html

You can make them whatever you want and and adjust the order around,... it
will take them in order from the top down until if finds a match. If it
does not find a match in the folder then it will attempt "directory
browsing" mode. If directory browsing isn't allowed you will then get a
"directory listing" or a "browsing not allowed" error.

You can even have a distinct "Documents" setting for every subfolder in the
site as well if you want to. You can also turn Directory Browsing on or off
separately for each subfolder as well.

--

Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:186ee01c44a6c$6b2a3c70$(E-Mail Removed)...
> We just switched from hosting our own website to a hosted
> service. I've created a host name record that when
> someone internally types www.domain.com it goes out to
> our website instead of hitting the one on our old server.
>
> I know need to have the old server act as a testing
> server. I created a new host record www3.domain.com. But
> when I try to access it it goes to the wrong folder in my
> inetpub directory.
>
> Also if I try to go to the website
> by //servername/webfolder/index.html I can access the
> main index page but then when I try to go
> to //servername/webfolder/testfolder I get a "Directory
> Listing error"
>
> Your help is really appreciated.
> Jody

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 12:44:58 -0700,
"(E-Mail Removed)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>We just switched from hosting our own website to a hosted
>service. I've created a host name record that when
>someone internally types www.domain.com it goes out to
>our website instead of hitting the one on our old server.
>
>I know need to have the old server act as a testing
>server. I created a new host record www3.domain.com. But
>when I try to access it it goes to the wrong folder in my
>inetpub directory.
>
>Also if I try to go to the website
>by //servername/webfolder/index.html I can access the
>main index page but then when I try to go
>to //servername/webfolder/testfolder I get a "Directory
>Listing error"

These are IIS issues, not DNS issues. Repost in the IIS group.

Jeff