WCF service is not accessible outside of local computer - wcf

Question

I deployed WCF service (.NET 3.5) to IIS 5.1 (WinXP) and it's accessible from local computer. But, it's not accessible outside of local computer.
Here's my web.config file:
<system.serviceModel>
<serviceHostingEnvironment>
<baseAddressPrefixFilters>
<add prefix="http://222.22.22.222:8072/"/>
</baseAddressPrefixFilters>
</serviceHostingEnvironment>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="Parus.ServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" httpGetUrl="http://111.1.11.111:8072/AsurReceiveData/Service.svc"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
<MyInspector />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="Parus.ServiceBehavior" name="Parus.Service">
<endpoint address="http://222.22.22.222:8072/AsurReceiveData/Service.svc" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="Parus.IService">
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpsBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>
</services>
<extensions>
<behaviorExtensions>
<add name="MyInspector" type="Parus.MessageInspectorExtension, Parus, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"/>
</behaviorExtensions>
</extensions>
</system.serviceModel>
The computer's local IP address is: 111.1.11.111:8072.
The computer's public IP address is: 222.22.22.222:8072.
What I did? I've added new TCP port in IIS 5.1 (Default Web Site Properties -> Web Site tab -> click Advanced button -> click Add button and add new port: 8072).
The project URL looks as following:
http://111.1.11.111:8072/ServiceFolder
The service looks as follows:
public class Service : IService
{
public const string ReplyAction = "http://222.22.22.222:8072/AsurReceiveData/Message_ReplyAction";
public const string RequestAction = "http://222.22.22.222:8072/AsurReceiveData/Message_RequestAction";
public Message SetData(Message requestXml)
{
using (StreamWriter writer = File.CreateText(#"Path\Body.xml"))
{
writer.WriteLine(requestXml.ToString());
}
Message response = Message.CreateMessage(MessageVersion.Default, ReplyAction, requestXml.ToString());
return response;
}
}
I'm not sure if I use local and public IP addresses properly. Maybe it's something else...
I appreciate any help.

Answer 1

You have a firewall on you computer which blocks all incoming calls. You should turn off the firewall or open the 8072 port to be able to communicatie from other computers with you wcf service.