The WSS Install

OK, I've got a decent host with SQL Server and .Net Fx 2 and 3 but it's not part of a domain.  I create a local user named WSSService and make him an admin on the box and sysadmin in the SQL Server.

The server name is MyServer01 and it's IP address is 192.168.1.100.

I also have a second, "live" web server that's running on another server on port 80 so, on my router, I  configure port forwarding to forward incoming hits on port 55555 to 192,168.1.100, my new WSS Server. 

I install WSS, the free download from Microsoft.  This is the file named sharepoint.exe.  The WSS install goes off without a hitch and I run through the Central Admin settings no sweat and Central Admin comes up perfectly.

I create the web application and select "Create a New Web Site" telling it to use port 55555.  The URL is http://MyServer:55555.

I select the site template and, drumroll, there it is, my new team site.

Here's the problems.

First, when I move off the server to another local network computer, and I browse to http://MyServer:55555, I get Page Not Found.  If, on the other hand, I browse to http://MyServer:55555/Default.aspx, I get prompted for a user name and password.  I use the MyServerAdministrator account and enter the password and I get the team site.

Second, when I'm still working on this second network workstation, I try to add a web part and I get an error: Unable to add selected web part(s). Content Editor Web Part: An error has ocurred.

The only web parts I can add on the page are the one created for site lists and libraries.

There two other weird things.

I try to create a new list like Site Actions | Create | Links.  I enter the name and click Create and the name disappears but the page does not go away.  If I enter the name again, I get the "SPecified Name is already in use." error and, in fact, the list had already been created.  If I play around with it enough, I get an "invalid template" error.

 And the last thing is in the Web Part Gallery, if I try to preview the web part, I get a "page not found" error.  Of course the web part preview is trying to load:

http://MyServer:55555/_layouts/WPPrevw.aspx?ID=2

If I change the URL to:

http://192.168.1.100:55555/_layouts/WPPrevw.aspx?ID=2

The web part will preview just fine.

So somewhere my name resolution is failing to properly associate the IP address with the Server name.

Is there a solution on a LAN without a domain controller?

-robot

 

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