Can't access some websites using their IP address - http

I have windows 10.
To get the IP address of some website I type ping somewebsite.com in cmd.
For example if I say ping google.com, cmd shows Pinging google.com [216.58.206.206] with 32 bytes of data: and some lines after that. If I type that IP provided (216.58.206.206), that gets me to Google.
But some websites aren't like this. For example for website codeforces.com I get 213.248.110.126, but this doesn't get me to the website, instead shows some error 404 Not Found .
Why it doesn't work and what is the best method to get IP addresses of websites in Windows 10?
Thanks.

Some websites cannot be accessed by IP only.
Think for example, a public (free or paid) web hosting, with shared IP. If you doesn't provide a domain name (FQDN), then the server doesn't know what page needs to be served.
Think also on some "public" services, like Azure DevOps. They provide you a FQDN over a microsoft domain, but probably each DevOps repository doesn't have their own IP. If you only provides the IP, then the service doesn't know what page are you requesting.
Also, if you enter to an HTTPS page, the certificate are securing the domain name, not IP address. If you try to enter with IP only, your navigator tells you the page are not secure (Try it with Google for example).

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Access Multiple Web Sites Hosted on single server on local network from workstations

I am trying to set up a secondary web site hosted on our local domain controller running IIS-8.
I already have one site working successfully thought our network, the default site.
I have successfully got the second one to work on the localhost (the domain controller Server 2012-R2), but I can't seem to access it from any of the other workstations on our network.
I added the new site.
Set the binding to IP address:192.168.1.1, Port:80, Host Name:dyo.mysite.com
I have modifed C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts to show 192.168.1.1 dyo.mysite.com, and I have added an alias to the forward lookup Zone in the DNS Manager. (Name:byo.mysite.com, FQND:byo.mysite.com.mydc.com, Target Host: 192.168.1.1)
I can't seem to access the site from any of the network work stations. I have tried many combinations of addresses, http://byo.mysite.com, 192.168.1.1/byo.mysite.com, \mydc\byo.mysite.com, etc.
I would imagine that I am probably missing something simple. I just don't know it is.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
To get your server accessed from other workstation. You have to promise
Your IIS site can be accessed via IP address directly.
the client workstation is using your DNS
Your client workstation is not bypassing your DNS server by .pac proxy
So could you get access the website via IP address by disabling default website and set the site to unassigned IP or 192.168.1.1 with null domain name?
If you want to access the website via byo.mysite.com. Then you shouldn't set FQDN like byo.mysite.com.mydc.com. because Web browser will never consider byo.mysite.com as an alias but a different server. That's why When you set FQDN like byo.myDC.com, you could get work by access http://dyo and you could also access website via byo.mysite.com.mydc.com but fail with byo.mysite.com.
How to set DNS correctly
To get it work, please create an new primary Forward Loopup Zone named mysite.com. Then create a new HOST(A) record to map to your machine name like dc.mysite.com and 192.168.1.1. Then create an Alias(CNAME) called www to map to this A NAME. Then the FQDN will be www.mysite.com.
Finally bind your IIS site and access the website should work.
PS: Please make sure your other workstation is not using a proxy.

IIS: published asp.net app replace ip with domain name

I have already rent an online server.
I'm installing IIS on it, hosting a website on it.
to access the site from internet, I must type: {ipaddress}/siteAppName
My question is how to use a name instead of ip address? should I buy and register a new domain name? if that the case how could I configure this ip with a new domain name?
More Details:
I am renting a dedicated server... so I have full access to the server as I'm hosting my website on it. but I don't have a domain name. either from local machine or remotely I can successfully access the hosted website using the ip address of my server/webAppName.. but the problem is that I'm trying to get ssl certificate, but the generated CSR is rejected from all SSL suppliers because the url is not accepted, and I think that it's not accepted because of using IP instead of a domain name. I mentioned many self-conclusions here, but I'm not sure about any of them... That's why I'm asking.
It depends on your hoster but most allow you to use a registered domain name. They should have instructions on how to set this up.

web application not work via internal domain

I did search online and found some similar posts but didn't resolve mine.
Here is my issue:
It's a asp.net web application running on IIS7
It has an internal domain name like xxx/yyy(xxx stands for the server name, and yyy is the application name on IIS), a full domain name like xxx.company.com/yyy(visible from external internet) and ip address like 192.168.000.000/yyy
Right now it could be visited properly from its full domain(xxx.company.com/yyy) and from its ip address, but not be visited properly from its internal domain name(xxx/yyy). More ridiculous, only some computers have the issue but some not, they are all using ie11...
Then in command window, I could ping its internal domain address, with correct ip reply.
Any suggestion?
Thanks in advance!

Web Application works locally - 504 error remotely

I have a site (ASP.NET WebForms) hosted on IIS7. I have a static IP. My router is pointed at the right computer IP on my network. And the site works fine both on the server and on computers on the same network when I go to the interal IP of the server. However, when I try to access the site remotely via the static IP or the domain name, I get a 504 timeout error.
I have absolutely no idea where to begin, because the 504 error gives me no information as to what the problem is. Port 80, which is the port this is on, is open for inbound firewall rules... It wasn't for outbound, but I opened that to test it, and it still didn't work.
Other than that, I'm out of ideas. Any help is much appreciated!
It means you have deployed your web at your home. When you are trying to call at Intranet using the domain name or static IP address your are able to do so, but when your try to access on Internet you cant.
The solution which I can see for that is because on Internet, It dose not recognize your static IP address you need to pass your dynamic IP of your ISP.
Go here this will tell your IP information something like : 202.147.18.194 and instead of passing your static machine IP pass this IP when you are trying to access over internet. The URL of your web would be something like this:
"http://202.147.18.194/MyWeb/index.asp"

use local machine IP address to test website on local machine

Hi i am developing a website and want to test it on local machine
the flow is like this:
A -- my website
B -- third-party website
From A a request is sent to B with a url eg: http://mywebsite/abc.aspx which is a url on which B reports success or error.
so i need to define the url to report to
for this i need to give a absolute url or path.
thats why i cannot test it on local machine and have to upload it and test it.
but this doesn't allows me to track down errors and debug it.(through break points.)
so i am trying to get the local machine address like "http://123.456.7.8/abc.aspx"
but doesn't seems to work.
my pc is running on windows xp and is connected to router and my pc is in a network and i think that's why gets a dynamic IP.
have also tried public ip address but no luck.
any work around or help for this.
I believe you're trying to get an external website to contact your local PC. Your local PC is behind a router and getting a private IP from your local router.
You'll need to supply the external website with an address that has the external IP of your router and configure your router to forward incoming requests to yuor PC.
i.e. to forward port 80 on the router to port 80 on your XP machine.
Thus when the external website, tries the contact http://1.2.3.4/abc.aspx it will talk to your router, that will then pass ("forward") the request onto your PC at e.g. http://192.168.0.1/abc.aspx.
I believe You can try to use your Machine name.
You can set up a local DNS server or simply utilize hosts file, to cheat your web browsers. For example, register test.com to your machine's IP address, and then you can use http://test.com to access IIS default web site (or your web site on IIS if you configure it for the default URL).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29
This is a typical approach to test out web application locally.
try hosting your website on IIS and then give fix IP to your system and try to access it with your IP. Another thing is get your global IP (you can check it from Whatismyip.com ) and set it in your binding in IIS for getting request to it from across the internet.

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