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Direct remote connection to different local webpage?

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I have a WHS box that I would like to use to link to other webpages/servers located on my home network (such as a webcam). How do I go about making the web site links in WHS direct me to these pages when connected by remote connection?
WHS links screen
Right now, if I click on the webcam link my browser tries to load the local IP address of the webcam (192.168.2.253), but because I am not local, it obviously does not work. How do I go about having WHS redirect the traffic as needed so that I can access the device remotly?
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 3:48 AM
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Ok, I got it all to work. There is no need to access IIS. You can just setup the links from within the Manage Websites section of the WHS Console. Thanks again!!
- Marked as answer by Hotwater9 Saturday, January 17, 2009 6:04 AM
Saturday, January 17, 2009 6:04 AM
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Hi,
if I understand you right, you could change the link to your webcam to point to a certain port of your homeserver.com address (i.e. http://myname.homeserver.com:81) and forward this port 81 in your router to the webcams IP address and port 80 (or whatever it uses).
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Olaf- Proposed as answer by kariya21Moderator Sunday, January 11, 2009 7:29 PM
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 10:12 AMModerator -
You can create a subfolder (which I call subweb) under your existing website. For instance, if your server URL is http://yourserver.yourdomain.com/ create a folder webcam so that your webcam URL would be http://yourserver.yourdomain.com/webcam/ Does this make sense to you? Ask more questions if it is not clear..Tuesday, January 6, 2009 4:48 PM
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nymphaeles said:These web pages are not being hosted on my WHS machine, they are stand alone web pages hosted on a device such as this Panasonic webcam.
You can create a subfolder (which I call subweb) under your existing website. For instance, if your server URL is http://yourserver.yourdomain.com/ create a folder webcam so that your webcam URL would be http://yourserver.yourdomain.com/webcam/ Does this make sense to you? Ask more questions if it is not clear..
Monday, January 12, 2009 1:23 AM -
Hotwater, I'd say that nymphaeles was 'less than clear.'
Quite a few of us (myself inlcluded) have done exactly what you're looking to do, and within IIS on the WHS.
What you'll need to do is create a new virtual directory within the default website. This will place it as a subdirectory (e.g. yourname.homeserver.com/subsite) of your existing WHS site.
When you create the site: rather than direct it at a local directory (the default setting), you'll configure it to redirect it to a url (e.g. http://yourname.homeserver.com:<portnumber> )
Then, in your router, you'll forward that port number (that you used when you created the redirect site) to whatever device it needs to go to.
Usage examples:
I'm running SharePoint on my WHS; Sharepoint is configured to listen on port 8080. Therefore, I created a virtual directory that redirects /sharepoint to http://me.homeserver.com:8080; port 8080 is forwarded in my router to the WHS's IP address.
I'm also running Webguide on my Media Center; that listens on port 1692. So, I created a virtual directory that redirects /webguide to http://me.homeserver.com:1692, and forwarded port 1692 to the Media Center.
Once done, it's quite seamless how it works.
Words of warning:
Modifying the IIS config on WHS is unsupported, and risks breaking the IIS config in such a way that you might need to do a Server Reinstall to fix it.
Do not modify/rename/delete/move, or in any way change, the existing IIS items. I'd also highly suggest that you back up the existing IIS configuration before making any changes.
HTH,
Chris
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THANKS! I got it to work!! I can now acess these items directly. How do I make these items show up in the "Web Sites" listed on the home tab of WHS so that I do not have to remember the extension of each server?Saturday, January 17, 2009 1:18 AM
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Ok, I got it all to work. There is no need to access IIS. You can just setup the links from within the Manage Websites section of the WHS Console. Thanks again!!
- Marked as answer by Hotwater9 Saturday, January 17, 2009 6:04 AM
Saturday, January 17, 2009 6:04 AM