.NET WCF service references use server name rather than IP address causing issues when consuming

Question

So, I\'m a newbie to WCF...

I created my ServiceLibrary and web-site project that consumed the ServiceLibrary. I am able to access the service by creating a proxy cl

Answer 1

Take a look at the WCFExtras library. In particular, the section on "Override SOAP Address Location URL". The brief answer is that you need a custom endpoint behavior provided by implementing IWsdlExportExtension.ExportEndpoint.

Answer 2

I think I may have found a solution, which was to change the IIS site binding to be that of the IP address. I still don't understand why this can't be a setting in the .config file.

Here is the link to the solution that I found (http://blogs.msdn.com/wenlong/archive/2007/08/02/how-to-change-hostname-in-wsdl-of-an-iis-hosted-service.aspx).

Here is a link to my post about finding the solution (WCF (hosting service in IIS) - machine name automattically being picked up by WCF rather than IP?).

Answer 3

Put

<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />

befor closing the system.serviceModel tag. It should end like this:

<system.serviceModel > 
       .
       .
       .
   <serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
</system.serviceModel >