FP2000: Error Message: Server Timed Out

This article was previously published under Q261139

Symptoms

When publishing a Web through a firewall or a proxy server with NTLM authentication enabled, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Server timed out.

-or-

The server unexpectedly closed the connection.

This problem can occur because of a timing problem with NTLM authentication through a proxy server.

To work around this problem, use one of the following work arounds:

�	Enable basic authentication to the proxy server. -or-
�	Do not require proxy authentication. -or-
�	When using Microsoft Proxy Server use the Winsock proxy client.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in FrontPage2000 SR1.

1.	On the client, choose a proxy which has authentication enabled. Click to clear the Bypass proxy server for local addresses in the browser.
2.	On the Web Server, enable basic authentification.
3.	Create a local, disk-based Web (personal Web template).
4.	Publish the Web to IIS.
5.	When asked for username/password enter the correct credentials.
6.	Publishing starts (listing files, creating folders).

Result: As soon as the first htm page is posted, the error message appears.