When you are building a web applicatio using the ASP.NET MVC framework on IIS7, it URL routing works smoothly and without any dramas.   But when it comes to IIS6 you have to make a comprimse especially if you are developing web apps within a shared hosting envoirnment.   I found the easist way is to change the URL routing table within the Global.asax file.

Origional file:

1	public class GlobalApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication

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{

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public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)           {                routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");                routes.MapRoute(                     "Default",// Route name                     "{controller}/{action}/{id}",// URL with parameters                     new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }                           // Parameter defaults                );

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}

1	protected void Application_Start()

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{

1	RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);

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}

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}

Change to the following:

1	public class GlobalApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication

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{

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public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)           {                routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");                routes.MapRoute(                     "Default",// Route name                     "{controller}.aspx/{action}/{id}",// URL with parameters                     new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }                           // Parameter defaults                );

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}

1	protected void Application_Start()

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{

1	RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);

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}

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}

Just add the .aspx extension so that it registers through the .NET Framework.

ALSO remember to do a Response.Redirect in the default.aspx page so that the first page will be your default URL routing page, otherwise you will receive a HttpException “The incoming request does not match any route.”.