renaming IIS

[jpmoriarty]

Is there any way i can get IIS to reside "under a differnet name"? ie it's currently on a computer, lets say "mycomputer", and so people on the network go to "http://mycomputer" and they get the site. can i change it so that they go to "http://intranet" and get it without changing the name of the computer? is it something that can be done from IIS or is it a WINS thing?

I've seen that you can specify an IP for it in IIS config, but have never really been able to get that to work.

[Nicodemas]

In IIS you have to define a new site.

Highlight your <machine_name> and click "Action"
Highlight "New", then click "Web Site"
Follow through with the wizard.
Place all the files for your new siteunder the file path you specifiy during the wizard.


Or, just right click on the current site you have establish, click properites and rename it.

[jpmoriarty]

when i right click on the current site and go to properties, there's no "rename" box in any of the website properties. If I just do a rename on the default website then surely that cjust changes what it's called in IIS - certainly if i rename "default web site" to "intranet" then I cant go to http://intranet and get it to work - just as before i didnt go to "http://default web site".

And if i highlight my machine, go to action I dont get a new option, let alone "new then website".

I'm using IIS 5.1 - dont know if that's why it's apparently completely different from whatever you're using... any other ideas?