I can access the CA from the app server. However, when I go to my laptop and try the CA it prompts me for credentials 3 times then the screen is blank.
Any idea what's happening. IIS looks good (anon - disabled, windows auth - enabled)
In case your laptop connected to the same network, try to browse the Central Administration URL via the IP server as http://serverIP:Port
and check the result.
If the issue still persists, try to Configure AAM for the Central Administration as the following:
Steps:
All the detail steps mentioned at A REAL SCENARIO FOR CONFIGURING ALTERNATE ACCESS MAPPING INSIDE SHAREPOINT SERVER 2013
I enabled "Basic Authentication" in IIS and now I can access CA from other than SharePoint servers or SP app servers.