I have an internal server with a web server on port 8080. I have a valid IP. I entered the internal server into NAT and associated it with the valid IP but couldn’t add the port#.
I have tried everything I can think of BUT when I enter the valid IP associated with the server in NAT it goes to port 80. When I enter valid server#:8080 I get a 403"forbidden access"
Weird. Well that’s how it should work. On IIS is that a virtual host on 8080? Is IIS expecting the right hostname in the headers virtualhost config? Maybe it’s not expecting the public IP?
Try changing the binding to be “*:8080:” to allow external traffic. This basically means that you’ll respond to any requests on that port, regardless of the hostname in the request.
I’ve just seen you’re getting 403 errors - this are typically file and folder permission related. Make sure the web folder root has the right permissions.