SVC client proxy and WSDL hosted on remote server - wcf

I have one wsdl and xsd then I generated a SVC client proxy from a wsdl, wsdl is hosted on windows server 2003 (outside local domain), somewhere on internet. XSD is also located at same place. I can see them in web browser, no issue there.
Then I made a simple console application client, when I run the client, I see in fiddler that correct soap response is there but in console application response is null, i.e. SVC client can not deserialize it.
I am sure that xsd + wsdl are correct and response too(I see in fiddler).
When I put wsdl and xsd's on local domain server(intranet), it's all good, I see response in application properly deserialized.
If I compare both situation in fiddler, I don't see any difference in raw response.
Few more points: I am not hosting WCF service in IIS. I have got a different service running remotely. Let me know if I clarify more things.
Thank you.
Edit/ Update:Cleaned post. Problem seems not to be IIS6 or IIS7, it's remote server creating trouble with schema location. In SVC proxy client MessagContract namespace if pointed to a outside server, problem occurs else on intranet server it runs just fine.
Example:
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.ServiceModel", "4.0.0.0")]
[System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
[System.ServiceModel.MessageContractAttribute(IsWrapped = false)]
public partial class responseTypeOfMethod1
{
[System.ServiceModel.MessageBodyMemberAttribute( Namespace = "http://testserver.xxxxx/yyyy.wsdl", Order = 0)]
public RAT_type RAT;
................
....
..
}
if http://testserver.xxxxx points to local server, all fine, if points to an internet server , response is null

There are 2 things that could be happening here:
The response is not being returned from the remote server
The client is not able to deserialize the response
Use wireshark or some other network sniffer to see what response in coming back.
If the problem is due to inability to deserialize, it is probably a difference in the namespace.

Problem solved. It was namespace problem of-course, took a long time to find out a nasty place in server code, a tool we use internally. Thank you all who replied for your time.

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I figured out what the problem is, but am not sure what the solution is.
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I used fiddler on my vm to see the request that was made and instead of trying to contact the above service, it was trying to contact:
http:///.../SilverlightApiService.svc
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There were a couple solutions (one involved creating static wsdl - yuck!)
But the other was creating a sort of factory pattern for the service
This thread (you can read it all, but the answers are at the bottom.)
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wcf/thread/c7fd51a2-773e-41d4-95a0-244e925597fe/
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Can you give us a bit more information? What kind of binding are you using? What does the service config and the client config look like? Where do you get your data from that gets returned? Could it be the service on the VM just doesn't get any data? (e.g. queries a database that just doesn't have the data requested?)
Marc
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I figured it out.
Basically my machine name was hard coded in my ServiceReferences.ClientConfig file in my silverlight project.
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(Application.Current.Host.Source, "../WebServices/SilverlightService.svc"));
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I figured out what the problem is, but am not sure what the solution is.
In my silverlight project the wcf service I am referencing is http://localhost/.../SilverlightService.svc
I used fiddler on my vm to see the request that was made and instead of trying to contact the above service, it was trying to contact:
http:///.../SilverlightService.svc
So, for some reason my machine name is getting inserted in there instead of localhost. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.