Hi Guys,

I got a Active direcotry, Domain Controller, DNS and DHCP server on machine 10.2.8.92.

The domain is matrix.com I've added A record settings in the Forward zone settings as asusal - pointing to diferent box so when someone type matrix.com it should go to IIS machine whos ip is

10.2.8.92 and it has own box and is part of the domain.

If i type http://www.matrix.com or http://10.2.8.91 doesn't work from 10.2.8.92 or any other workstation.

But if I type http://matrix.com(without www) or http://10.2.8.91 from IIS machine it works.

I can ping IIS machine from any workstation but can't view the website. Even I tried turning firewall off on IIS machine.

Any advice.

But if I type http://matrix.com(without www) or http://10.2.8.91 from IIS machine it works.

that is because windows server recognises http://matrix.com as being different to http://www.matrix.com

in DNS just write a record so now all requests to www.matrix.com will be forwarded to 10.2.8.91

Edited September 15, 200817 yr by docmarten

Check you vista firewall setting, you should add world wide web service as an exception, I encountered your problem and using this method to solve.