PWA can see STS locally but not by name

[Dave]

I have set up Project Server and STS and everything works fine locally if I
set the STS server location in PWA to "localhost" (port 81). However,
clients in the network cannot access STS through PWA:

"Microsoft Project Web Access Documents and Issues are based on SharePoint
Team Services from Microsoft.
There is a problem establishing a connection with the Web server running
SharePoint Team Services. Please contact your system administrator."

Things work fine on the local machine. I assume this is because clients on
the network cannot find STS on http://localhost:81

If I try to change the location to be http://projectserver:81 - the machine
name - so network clients can see it I get:

1. SharePoint Team Services is not installed on http://ProjectServer:81.
2. ComputerName\UserName is not in the Windows NT Administrators group on
ComputerName.
3. If the local area network has proxy servers for Internet access, the
proxy server is not specified in the LAN Settings for the Internet Explorer.
4. The server URL http://ProjectServer:81 is not correct or the server
cannot be accessed at this time.
5. The SharePoint administration port PortNumber is not correct.

But I can access both http://ProjectServer:81 and the admin server just by
putting it in the browser window on the projectserver machine. Moreover, I
can also access STS at these locations from other machine on the network.
The permissions should be setup correctly because it works fine as
"localhost".

- it will work if I put in 127.0.0.1 or localhost
- it will NOT work if I put in the machine's name or IP address

Help!

Dave

 

[Gary Chefetz [MVP]]

Dave:

Did you run the proxycfg.exe utility? This is a must whether you have a
proxy server or not!

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[Dave]

Hi Gary,

I ran:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Project Server\Bin>proxycfg -d -p ""
"local;ProjectServer;x.x.x.x;localhost"
Updating proxy settings

Current WinHTTP proxy settings under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\
WinHttpSettings :

Flags = PROXY_TYPE_DIRECT | PROXY_TYPE_PROXY
Proxy Server = -not set-
Bypass List = local;ProjectServer;x.x.x.x;localhost

(Where x.x.x.x is the local IP address). Still have the same problem.

Dave

 

[Gary Chefetz [MVP]]

Dave:

Include a name, like "fakeproxy" in the command string and try again.

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[Dave]

That did it! Excellent!

Thanks Gary.

Dave:

Include a name, like "fakeproxy" in the command string and try again.

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http://www.msprojectexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"

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