Accessing localhost on IIS7 from another computer on the network

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I recently upgraded computers to Windows 7 Professional and am running IIS7. When I'm on my computer I can easily access localhost through my web browser but when I try from another computer on my network (replacing localhost with my computer name) it doesn't work. I also tried using "computername.domain.com" and still no luck. I can access other computers running Windows XP and IIS 5 but I'm having no luck accessing my own from another computer. I checked and my IIS7 has anonymous users enabled. Am I missing any other setting? Is this an IIS7 thing or am I missing a setting?

Thanks in advance!

can you please provide more specifics, such as the error message received? — Michael Gorsuch, Apr 29 '10 at 15:16
do you have a firewall enabled on the windows 7 machine? from another machine can you "telnet 192.168.0.1 80" assuming 192.168.0.1 is the win7 machine? — johnh, Apr 29 '10 at 15:24
Michael: It's actually not giving me any errors. The browser just says that it can't connect to Johnh: I just tried to telnet and it couldn't connect. Do you know where I can setup my firewall in Win7? — Adam, Apr 29 '10 at 15:31

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 29 '10 at 15:29

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As @Johnh said it is most likely your firewall.

Open up port 80 on your firewall or whatever port you are hosting the local site on should it be a nonstandard port.

+1 for testing with telnet. Will give you a quick and definit answer on if the Web Server has the proper port open.

answered Apr 29 '10 at 15:29

Campo

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Thanks! Do you know where I configure the open ports in Windows 7? – Adam Apr 29 '10 at 15:33
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I just opened port 80 and now it works perfectly. Thanks! (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Open-a-port-in-Windows-Firewall) – Adam Apr 29 '10 at 15:49

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 27 '12 at 02:45

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Campo is correct, you most likely need to open a port. Here's how: (on windows 7)

Open Control Panel
Windows firewall
Select advanced settings
Select Inbound rules
Select "New Inbound Rule"

Specify local ports 80, 8081. Allow Domain

(More details at: http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-7/open-a-port-in-windows-7s-firewall)

edited Nov 27 '12 at 02:45

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answered Mar 24 '11 at 06:49

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 13 '20 at 12:22

Here is a more complete answer:

Before these steps, Check that IIS Service is Started. (Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services -> World Wide Web Publishing Service -> Status:Started).

You most likely need to open a port. Here's how: (on Windows 7)

Open Control Panel
Windows firewall
Select advanced settings
Select Inbound rules
Select "New Inbound Rule"
Specify local ports 80, 8081. Allow Domain

(More details at: http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-7/open-a-port-in-windows-7s-firewall)
Go to Control Panel -> Windows Firewall -> Allowed Programs and make sure that World Wide Web Services (HTTP) is checked.
Command Prompt (cmd) -> IPConfig -> Get your Current IP
Use this address IP:Port; to see site in another device.

PML · Answer 4 · 2014-10-30T15:40:05.280

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go to Control Panel>Windows Firewall>Allowed Programs and make sure that World Wide Web Services (HTTP) is checked.

edited Oct 30 '14 at 15:40

answered Oct 30 '14 at 13:32

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 20 '17 at 17:07

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Open Control Panel Windows firewall Select advanced settings Select Inbound rules Select "New Inbound Rule"

Specify local ports 80, 8081. Allow Domain

answered Jun 20 '17 at 17:07

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Accessing localhost on IIS7 from another computer on the network

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