title: Windows server not responding on port 8080
body: <p>I have setup tomcat7 on my new windows server 2012 r2 (default connector port 8080). I am able to run tomcat and access the dashboard by loading <a href="http://localhost:8080" rel="nofollow">http://localhost:8080</a> in the server's browser.<br><br>
  However, I am losing hair trying to load this page over the web at <a href="http://xx.xx.xxx.xx:8080" rel="nofollow">http://xx.xx.xxx.xx:8080</a>. The connection simply times out.
  When I load <a href="http://xx.xx.xx.xx:80" rel="nofollow">http://xx.xx.xx.xx:80</a> which I read is open by default, it loads the default windows server page full of <code>welcome</code> text.<br><br>
  After some reading, I created inbound and outbound rules for opening TCP port 8080, firewall protection is turned off, I still see no change in results even after restarting tomcat server everytime.
  When I run <code>netstat -an</code> on the server, this line is present:</p>
  
  <pre><code>TCP 0.0.0.0:8080    0.0.0.0:0   LISTENING
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which I presume should mean that the machine is listening to inbound connections on port 8080 from all network interfaces.
  Why on earth can't I access my tomcat dashboard over the web?</p>