Setting the Hostname in IIS Bindings Breaks Website - iis

I just got a Windows Server 2008 VPS and I'm having trouble getting IIS7 setup.
I created a new website in IIS with the path, ip address, and hostname (like 'www.nameofsite.com') and click OK. When I browse to the site it pulls up "http://www.nameofsite.com" in the browser and... nothing... IE cannot display this webpage.
If I blank out the hostname in the bindings and click [Browse] it works fine (it takes me to http://10.10.2.92 - the computer's ip). So entering the hostname breaks the website.
Any ideas on what I'm missing? Services I might not have running or roles I'm missing?
No server roles were initially installed on the VPS so I installed IIS, DHCP, DNS, and Application Server... overkill, but I wasn't sure what to install.

First it has to be in DNS or the client machines hosts file. To test this you can add the hostname to the servers hosts file.
Go to start -> run and type "drivers" change to the etc directory you want to edit the hosts file. The entries in it are like a local DNS. They only work on the local machine!

You must use EXTERNAL DNS not Internal DNS to make it visible across the internet. Change the DNS pointer at your registrar or whatever you are using for external DNS propagation.

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Access the site from multiple computers on a home network with IIS

We have a VS project in this location:C:\inetpub\wwwroot:
project in VS
this project run perfectly,
we uploaded the IIS and it is run perfectly in the local computer that contain the IIS inside.
then we took the computer name and from another computer, in the same local network, we tried to put in the address line, on the browser, the name of the computer that the IIS is installed there and I got this error:
This site can’t be reached
laptop-******** took too long to respond.
my error
You can check these options:
If there is running firewall on the computer, where IIS is running, make an inbound rule for your port (in your case 11111).
On client PC, access IIS with "computer-name:port/webpage.html" (in your case "laptop-g3j5vgcc:11111/panel/login.html") .
You may also change the port of your web site (if you want to use port different from 11111).
Open IIS Manager.
Select your website and choose "Bindings ...".
Change port and confirm.
Restart your web site.

Website not working in IIS 7 using the IIS Manager

I have Microsoft Windows server 2008 R2 and have the IIS 7 running.
I have coded a web application on a seperate laptop and would like to publish it now on my server (serves as AD, DNS, File Server, IIS) that runs locally and has no external access. We will be using the application internally only.
I have followed the steps to install a website on IIS, however, it does not work. Below are the steps I have done.
Created a folder hierarchy and pasted the code files there. (check below image. The code files are inside wwwroot)
Create a new website from the IIS Manager as the below image.
The wwwroot folder has SYSTEM permission and it inherits the permissions from the parent. (Does it need to have other permissions?!?)
Whenever I visit the website, I get an error that the page is not found.
UPDATE
Upon #Ravi A's answer below, I have tried his steps as the below image, but the username is not found and the error persists.
Any ideas what is wrong?
windows iis website
You need to add a binding in your DNS i.e. ping mysite.local should resolve to the server IP, in your case since it's a intranet it should resolve to 192.168.1.253.
See here on how to do it. You need access to DNS Manager.
Also since you are not clear on DNS mapping leave the hostname empty and use machine name or IP to browse the site.

ReInstall Sitecore IIS can't resolve host (with ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED)

I decided to reinstall Sitecore 8 instance via wizard, I have removed instance and install a new one with the same name XYZ.
but after reinstall it I am getting an error in browser - ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED
I checked IIS binding, I checked hosts file, reset DNS, restart PC and etc I still get this error in any browsers.
How I can fix it? What is the issue?
I have found solution https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2823477 but I can't understend how sitecore installer can change it.
Generally, the process of site resolution goes in the following consequence:
DNS - find ip address by the hostname (from request header)
Access IIS with that IP (and port if not default 80)
IIS checks bindings by hostname from header and serves corresponding website.
Website being resolved has (merged) web.config in root folder. It has node with all sites served by current Sitecore instance, being listed. Order does matter! First successful match (by hostname or port or default) works it out.
Site being found on previous step has startItem property which is your Sitecore item served by dafault.
Please go and carefully check all those steps to see where it breaks. Also I have previously write a blog post, you may find it helpful with more details on that:
http://blog.martinmiles.net/post/how-websites-are-resolved-with-sitecore
Do any sites work with a Local name configured in 'hosts'?
You may need to disable the Loopback Check in your tcpip stack. Windows uses this as a countermeasure for man in the middle attacks by default on many systems. A registry change is needed to allow a machine to refer to itself using a name that is not its own Hostname. Sorry, but I can't remember the actual key.

IIS issue - website hosted on local machine not working

For some reason I can't run website hosted with IIS on my local machine.
I've created a simple web application ("test"), with just index.htm, under the default Web Site.
I've confirmed IIS is working.
Following URLs do not work:
http://machine_name/test/
http://127.0.0.1/test/
http://localhost/test/
and this one works:
http://[::1]/test/
Your machine is forced into IPV6 mode. Go into your network adapter settings and try disabling IPV6 or changing the priority.
Also look into changing the HOSTS file. Adding the line 127.0.0.1 localhost should fix the issue.

Configure IIS to access Deployed website globally (through WAN) [NOTE: I have static IP]

I am completely new bie to IIS.
I have a very basic knowledge about how to configure IIS.
Today I have a requirement to access website Globally through WAN (through internet from any PC all over world) which I have deployed in my Local IIS.
The website=> SilverLightBusinessApplicationWeb
which you can see in my below screen shot can be open in LAN nicely.
so I only looking for how to open it in WAN?
So anybody please suggest me a simple steps or instruction for it.
You can see two screen shot of Internet Information Service (IIS) Manager.
NOTE: 1. I also have static IP 2. i am using IIS7.0 with Windows-7
Thank you so much…..
1. Screen Shot1
2. Screen Shot2
This question is probably better off on ServerFault. However, providing you have everything set up on your machine, you just need to open and forward port 80 to your host machine and set up a domain or access the site directly via external IP providing your bindings are set up correctly.
EDIT From a security point of view, it would be better practice to do as Germann said by having your public facing web server in its own DMZ.
Finally i have got it........
the steps i have followed are......
define port forwarding at router for that i have enter following values in my router's forwarding page.
--IP address of my PC
--port number which is open(you can see screen shot Brouse*:80(http) which shows port 80
is open for website on my IIS.
finally i have opened website on my IIS by : .http://mystaticip:port/xyzfolder/xyz.html.

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