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From: simon on 4 Mar 2008 20:57
I understand that, thank you tho.
I have 8080 opened up on my router and traffic via that port is mapped
to my server.
so when i go to my full IP assigned by my ISP:8080 it comes up on the
internet - i only put the 192.x.x.x IP in there for clarity sake, but
i guess it wasn't too clear :D


there are a handful of forum posts on the net saying "i got around
this port issue in VS 2005 by adding a host header and DNS entry".
though no one said what they entererd to do so. since those posts are
a few years old, i was hoping this was an easy task and someone could
just give me the steps to do so.

i'd really appreciate it. thanks




On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 15:11:37 -0800, "Jeff Dillon"
<jeffdillon(a)hotmailremove.com> wrote:

>The IP 192.168.2.102 is a local IP, and not visible to the world. You should
>get a regular ISP, and not your cable/phone provider. Some are even free
>
>Jeff
>
>"simon" <me(a)here.com> wrote in message
>news:p46rs35hg5tqh3vbo1btjiqamb1nr8cqlg(a)4ax.com...
>> hello.
>> i'm trying to setup a website on my local server
>> when compiling it VS 2005 i get the error
>> "is not a valid virtual path"
>>
>> from what i've read on the net, this is due to the fact that the site
>> is using IP:Port, which is no longer supported in VS 2005. I have to
>> use the IP:Port setup 192.168.2.102:8080 as my ISP blocks port 80
>>
>> this is just a dev site, but i would like to access it externally,
>> hence the port 8080. I've read that a few people got around this
>> issue by using host headers. but i have yet to find an example of
>> how. anything listed out on the internet refer to only using port 80.
>> was hoping someone could help me with my setup of how to setup my site
>> to user IP:8080 and point to port 80 as well via host headers so that
>> the site can be built/compiled in VS 2005.
>> I assume i then have to make a DNS entry, host file entry or WINS
>> entry so that the site is accessible via the host header name. any
>> help with that would be appreciated greatly as well
>>
>> my server is Win2003 w/ IIS6. and .net 2.0
>>
>> thanks for any help
>>
>

From: simon on 4 Mar 2008 21:00
if you have a solution opened to test with, right click the solution
and say "add external website". that website i have a port on (8080).
that is where i run into problems. adding the website to the
solution. even if i started a new solution and had the source on the
server, i'd still need to use the port to get to it and then when i
try to do a build, i get the error message.... not a valid path.

suggestions are appreciated as always. thanks!!


On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 22:32:53 -0000, Jon Skeet [C# MVP]
<skeet(a)pobox.com> wrote:

>simon <me(a)here.com> wrote:
>> >I don't really see what this has to do with VS2005 - surely it's just a
>> >matter of telling IIS to run on port 8080 instead of port 80.
>>
>> apparently you could have a website in a project that used a specific
>> port number in VS 2003, but that capability was taken away (or it is
>> a bug) in VS 2005. if you try to build the site, you will get the
>> error "...is not a valid virtual path" - because the port number is
>> part of the path, as opposed to using the default port 80 where you
>> don't need to add the port.
>>
>> so IIS is working fine for me running on port 8080, but VS can't do a
>> build of the site because of the port being part of the path.
>
>Perhaps you're using web projects in a different way to me. In VS2005,
>I just build them "in place" and then point IIS at the directory as a
>virtual directory. The port doesn't need to be in the path at all.

From: Jon Skeet [C# MVP] on 5 Mar 2008 02:43
simon <me(a)here.com> wrote:
> if you have a solution opened to test with, right click the solution
> and say "add external website". that website i have a port on (8080).
> that is where i run into problems. adding the website to the
> solution. even if i started a new solution and had the source on the
> server, i'd still need to use the port to get to it and then when i
> try to do a build, i get the error message.... not a valid path.
>
> suggestions are appreciated as always. thanks!!

Ah, so you're not talking about an ASP.NET application? That's normally
what I've been editing in VS2005.

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From: simon on 5 Mar 2008 09:03
right, it is an asp.net website, it is a known problem with VS2005
that didn't exist in 2003. and there is a "workaround" which is
configuring host headers and such, i just don't know what to set in
the host header section to do this. thanks again..

On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:43:55 -0000, Jon Skeet [C# MVP]
<skeet(a)pobox.com> wrote:

>simon <me(a)here.com> wrote:
>> if you have a solution opened to test with, right click the solution
>> and say "add external website". that website i have a port on (8080).
>> that is where i run into problems. adding the website to the
>> solution. even if i started a new solution and had the source on the
>> server, i'd still need to use the port to get to it and then when i
>> try to do a build, i get the error message.... not a valid path.
>>
>
>Ah, so you're not talking about an ASP.NET application? That's normally
>what I've been editing in VS2005.

From: Jon Skeet [C# MVP] on 5 Mar 2008 09:26
simon <me(a)here.com> wrote:
> right, it is an asp.net website, it is a known problem with VS2005
> that didn't exist in 2003. and there is a "workaround" which is
> configuring host headers and such, i just don't know what to set in
> the host header section to do this. thanks again..

If it's an ASP.NET site, why do you need to add it as an "external
website"? Why can't you just add it as a normal project?

Ah, the penny's dropping - do you not have access to the site as a -
local file system? I've only ever developed on my local box, which
makes life rather simpler...

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