SupportSages » Invalid Hostname http://www.supportsages.com/blog Technical Support and Server Management : Musings in the fox hole. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:05:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Bad Request (Invalid Hostname) when accessing via IP http://www.supportsages.com/blog/2009/12/bad-request-invalid-hostname-when-accessing-via-ip/ http://www.supportsages.com/blog/2009/12/bad-request-invalid-hostname-when-accessing-via-ip/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:19:57 +0000 George http://www.supportsages.com/blog/?p=610 Run -> inetmgr -> Expand the (+) -> Websites -> Right click on the ...]]> Customer wanted to have a dedicated IP, but once I change the IP from the plesk control panel, I couldn’t get the website when accessed using IP. Instead, it was giving me the plesk control panel’s default page. Reason ? Default Website was having the IP as “All Unassigned”. Set that to the main IP address. But after that I was getting a new error.

What I could get was “Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)” in bold letters. Here is what I did to fix the same.

Start -> Run -> inetmgr -> Expand the (+) -> Websites -> Right click on the domain name -> Take Properties -> Website -> IP Address (make sure that it has the dedicated IP assigned there) and then click “Advanced”

Add/Edit Web Site Identification

IP Address : Choose the dedicated IP from drop down list
TCP/IP Port : 80
Host Header Value : Leave it blank (Important)

Leaving the Host Header Value should fix the issue and fetch the website when accessing it using the IP.

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