Thanks John. Unfortunately, its a web page mock up that I havent been paid for yet and feel a little uneasy sending the client the files for fear of not getting paid. Thats why i was going to serve them from my home box.

But thats awesome about the 1gb transfer.

If you sent him the IP address then DNS is irrelevant. The only thing DNS is used for is to convert domain names to IP addresses. Since you gave him the IP address, DNS issues do not apply. I'm assuming you don't have your own domain name for your IIS server at home, so giving him the IP address is the correct way to go.

Can you browse to http://127.0.0.1/ on the computer that is running IIS? This connects you to your own computer and will show you if IIS is operating or not. Next try browsing to your own IP address. This will show you how the world sees your server. Are you running any sort of firewall software or are you using a firewall/router box? If so, these may be preventing port 80 traffic from hitting your server.

It's also possible that your ISP is blocking port 80 connections to your home. If you don't have a commercial contract they may be preventing you from hosting a server on your connection.

What IP are you giving the client? Is there a firewall between your box and the cable modem. If so you will need to give the firewall address and configure it to let it through.

BTW, if you don't have a firewall with your cable modem, get one - either hardware or software, but you need one. Even the one in windows XP service pack 2 is better than nothing.

Also, some ISP's don't permit webservers on them and block the traffic.

DNS is not part of the problem assuming you are just using your IP, which is all you need. Also many ISP change your IP address often, so the address you give may only work for a short period.

If you still can't get it working, maybe we can chat by phone tomorrow and talk thru it. Drop me an email if you'd like: orcatek at cox do t net.

Yeah, I can connect on my home network so I am assuming the cable company is blocking port 80. I am wondering about this suggested program or site that is supposed to allow connections for those behind cable modems/routers/firewalls.

Im perplexed.

What those services do is provide rapidly updating DNS that tracks your changes in IP address. You run a small service on your home computer that contacts the DNS service every hour (or 5 minutes, or 10 seconds, depending on your level of paranoia) and informs them of your current IP address. The service updates your DNS records for your domain name with the current IP address and broadcasts that information to the world.

Once again though, this is only used when you want to map a domain name to your home cable connection. It has nothing to do with getting access to your home server at all. If your ISP is blocking server ports to your connection then the only thing you can do is pay them more for a commercial grade connection that doesn't have restrictions.

anyway -- though your fear of not getting paid is real, even showing him the web site would enable him to "harvest" the whole site anyway (it is pretty easy) .. so you may of well just send him the files but put a big "premlim" stamp on all the graphics and throw in some latin for some of the text ..