Accessing a local website from another computer inside the local network in IIS 7

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Ok  so here is the scenario   I have computer A inside my local network running IIS 7  I added a new website  let s say samplesite local  through IIS Manager  and edited the hosts file inside  systemroot  system32 drivers etc  with this new line   127 0 0 1    samplesite local  So  in a browser running in computer A  if I type samplesite local in the address bar and hit Enter  everything works fine  I can access the website   Now I wanted to access this website from other local computers  say  computer B or an iPad  not from the outside world  but from inside the same local network   Any thoughts   Edit  Computer A s IP is 192 168 1 100  and samplesite local is running on port 80  However  if I type 192 168 1 100 in any computer s browser s address bar  I m taken to the default IIS website  the one with the IIS logo  whose physical address is C  inetpub wwwroot   not to samplesite local

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Control Panel    Windows Firewall   Advanced settings    Inbound Rules    World Wide Web Services - Enable it All or  Domain  Private  Public  as needed

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do not turn off firewall  Go Control Panel System and Security Windows Firewall then Advanced settings then Inbound Rules- From right pan choose New Rule-  Port-  TCP and type in port number 80 then give a name in next window  that s it

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Find the local IP address of computer A and find the port that your website is running on  Then from computer B open a web browser and go to IP port  Example  192 168 1 5 80 if computer A s IP is 192 168 1 5 and your website is running on port 80

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Add two bindings to your website  one for local access and another for LAN access like so   Open IIS and select your local website  that you want to access from your local network  from the left panel      Connections   server  user-pc    sites   local site   Open Bindings on the right panel under Actions tab add these bindings    Local    Type  http Ip Address  All Unassigned Port  80 Host name  samplesite local   LAN    Type  http Ip Address   lt Network address of the hosting machine ex  192 168 0 10 gt  Port  80 Host name   lt Leave it blank gt      Voila  you should be able to access the website from any machine on your local network by using the host s LAN IP address  192 168 0 10 in the above example  as the site url   NOTE    if you want to access the website from LAN using a host name  like samplesite local  instead of an ip address  add the host name to the hosts file on the local network machine  The hosts file can be found in  C  Windows System32 drivers etc hosts  in windows  or   etc hosts  in ubuntu       192 168 0 10 samplesite local

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Control Panel    Windows Firewall    Turn windows firewall on or off    Turn off   Advanced settings    Domain profile    Windows firewall properties    Firewall status    Off

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