[RESOLVED] Accessing IIS over network?

[Arachnid13]

I currently have a testing server (IIS) for my ASP site on my XP Professional desktop pc, however, mainly for convenience i would like to be able to access this using my laptop, i can easily edit/change the asp files over my network, but i cannot figure out how to view the site remotely... something like http://desktop/site for example, how would i set this up?

EDIT: please dont suggest transferring everything to my laptop as the while problem is that i only have XP Home edition on my laptop, so there is no IIS

[rory]

Assign an IP to it .. give the Server an internal Static IP .. use the router range .. eg. 193.168.1.200

then once you open port 80 in windows firewall you can access the site like this ..

http://192.168.1.200/site

you can also change the Port if you wanted.

[Arachnid13]

Can't this be done?

I was sure it was possible, essentially what i need to do is set up an intranet for the wireless network between my desktop and laptop... someone must know how to do this?

[Arachnid13]

sorry rory! must have just starting posting my 2nd post b u had finished replying. anyway i had completely disabled my firewalls in a desperate attempt to get it working before, and i didnt use static IP addresses but i used my IP like that a couple times (got it from ipconfig)... but ive found another way of doing it now anyway, im just using remote desktop instead. thanks anyway!

[rory]

Remote Desktop (arghhh)

Well also if you have Nortons you need to open the ports in the Internet Worm protection as that is basically a firewall also .. then if you have a router .. port forward if you are accessing it from outside ..

Basically you would want to use a static IP on the PC .. easy enough to setup. .. then assign the IP Address to the web site in the IIS admin ..