How to Serve Web Pages on a LAN
You can serve Web pages on your computer without any additional equipment or purchasing any software. This is possible using a feature in Windows called Internet Information Services, or IIS. This feature is optional, so you do need to install it first. The IP address on the computer also needs to be set to stay the same. This makes it so computers on the network will be able to access the Web pages using the same address every time.
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Instructions
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Click "Start," "Control panel," "Programs" and "Turn Windows features on or off." Click the box to the left of "Internet Information Services."
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Click "OK" and wait for the installation to complete. Click "Start," "Control panel," "Network and Internet," "Network and sharing center" and "Change adapter settings."
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Right-click the network adapter that connects your computer to your local area network (LAN) and select "Properties." Click "Internet protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" in the list (not the check box) and "Properties."
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Leave the Properties window open. Press the "Windows" and "R" key. Type "cmd" and press "OK."
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Type "ipconfig" and press "Enter." Enter the IPv4 address, subnet mask and default gateway that are given into the IPv4 Properties window and press "OK." Record the IP address for later use.
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Copy your Web page to C:\inetpub\wwwroot on your computer's hard drive to host it on the network. Click "Start," "Control panel," "System and security," "Administrative tools" and "Internet Information Service manager" to manage your Web page.
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Expand "Site" and click "default site." Click "Bindings" and enter the IP address of the computer and click "OK."
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Type in the IP address of the computer you found earlier into the Web browser of another computer on the network to access the Web page.
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Tips & Warnings
Multiple sites can be hosted using the IIS manager in Control Panel.
References
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