IIS - can't access page by ip address instead of localhost

Question

I\'m trying to publish ClickOnce application and test it locally. I want to provide installation link so I need to update location with an IP address oth

Answer 1

So I had this same problem with WSUS and it turned out that IIS 8.5 was not binding to my ipv4 ip address, but was binding to ipv6 address. when I accessed it via localhost:8580 it would translate it to the ipv6 localhost address, and thus would work. Accessing it via ip was a no go. I had to manually bind the address using netsh, then it worked right away. bloody annoying.

Steps:

1. Open command prompt as administrator
2. Type the following:

netsh http add iplisten ipaddress (IPADDRESSOFYOURSERVER)

that's it. You should get:

IP address successfully added

I found the commands here https://serverfault.com/questions/123796/get-iis-7-5-to-listen-on-ipv6