From: Rick Knospler (rickIZZATskylands.net)
Date: Thu Mar 20 2003 - 00:05:24 EST
Thanks for the input.. What I found strange is identical URL requests to
the virtualserver when working with nodes running on port 80, worked
perfect.. while nodes port 82 did not work..
Hence, http://virtualserver/testme worked ok on IIS nodes running on port
80, and not on IIS nodes running on port 82.
-Rick
At 09:29 AM 3/19/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>This is a problem with IIS, not BigIP. Basically if IIS sees a request
>without a trailing slash at the end it assumes that the last word in the URI
>is a filename, not a directory.
>
>So http://virtualserver/testme is looking for a file called testme and
>http://virtualserver/testme/ is looking for the default document in a
>directory called testme.
>
>When IIS gets a request for http://virtualserver/testme it does not find a
>filename but it sees a directory named testme so IIS issues a "courtesy
>redirect" pointing the host to http://virtualserver:82/testme/. Note that
>IIS has added the trailing slash but has also included the port that it
>knows the www service is running on because IIS has no knowledge that you
>are manipulating ports.
>
>Your solution is to always include a trailing slash in any links to this
>site, or you can setup a http://virtualserver:82 website that redirects back
>to http://virtualserver, adding the trailing slash.
>
>This article explains more.
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298408
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rick Knospler [mailto:rickIZZATskylands.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:06 AM
>To: lb-lIZZATvegan.net
>Subject: [load balancing] BigIP 4.2PTF8
>
>
>Trying something new (for me) with strange results.
>
>Virtual Server listening on port 80.
>
>node listening on port 82 running IIS5.0
>
>http://VirtualServer/testme gives me a 404 error where testme is a folder
>name with a default document of default.html
>
>http://nodeIP:82/testme works fine and pulls up default.html document by
>default.
>
>http://VirtualServer/testme/default.html also works fine.
>
>If I put the node back to port 80, this problem goes away..
>
>Does BIGIP have problems doing port translations? Does it break the URL's?
>
>
>Any suggestions or ideas?
>
>-Rick
>
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