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Windows Firewall setting for IIS Manager remote connection

Consider the following scenario. You have 2 Win2K3 IIS servers, IIS_A and IIS_B and plan to manage IIS_B though IIS Manager in the IIS_A. Both servers have Windows Firewall turn on.

Symptom

When tried to setup connect to computer in IIS Manager of IIS_A, the error msg is as below:

The connection to the server ‘IIS_B’ was lost.

Analysis

To allow an IIS Manager to connect another remote IIS Manager, you need to add special entries to the Windows Firewall exception list.

Solution

Windows Firewall: iis

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772766(WS.10).aspx

Add TCP port 135 and Inetinfo.exe to the Windows Firewall exceptions list.

TCP port 135 is typical RPC port. If the remote server (i.e. IIS_B) turns on Windows Firewall, above exceptions should be added to the list to allow IIS_A to connect it through IIS Manager.

Reference:

How to remotely administer Internet Information Services in Windows Server 2003

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/324282

 

Regards,

 

Anik

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