IIS 7.5 IP address works but fully qualified name does not

Question

Here are the steps (Windows Server 2008, R2, IIS 7.5)

• create new virtual folder under default web site
• create new application in that virtual folder
• add helloworld.htm page to that application

• access helloworld.htm with no issues using fully qualified name http://server_name/virtual_folder/application/helloworld.htm

• for the application, change Security->Authentication to require Windows Authentication and not allow anonymous authentication

• in order to access same page you need to use ip_address instead of server_name.

Please help!

Thanks PV

Answer 1

Had the same issue, changing the ApplicationPool identity to NetworkService solved it.

I found the solution here