Question : DirecWay Pro w/dedicated IP ... I want to allow my machine to be a web server.

I've got DirecWay DW7000 with a dedicated IP. There are 4 computers on my LAN using a NetGear Router to connect to the internet.

I develop data-driven websites. I would like to allow people to 'test-drive' their site on my machine. Is it possible to do this? Right now each machine is dynamically assiged an IP address. I think that each machine would have to be assigned an IP address on the LAN ... but I am not sure.

Basically, I want someone to be able to type in http://67.44.xxx.xx/theirsitename/default.htm (or whatever) and veiw their work in progress.

winXP pro, SP2, IIS 5.1

Thank you
Lynda

Answer : DirecWay Pro w/dedicated IP ... I want to allow my machine to be a web server.

Also, you need to check the config in IIS.  By default, the folder it points at is c:/inetpub/wwwroot. Open up the IIS manager, open the default web site and you should see all your files there that you saved in the wwwroot. If you do not, than the default web site is not setup correctly, or you have not saved your work in the correct folder.

Another thing that is often missed, is users typically save index files not reckognized by IIS by default such as index.asp, or index.html. If so, than IIS does not find any default page when you open that directory. If you are using something besides index.htm, or default.htm you can change the settings in the properties of the default web site. In the properties, choose documents for abailable pages IIS will recognize, if you need something additional, choose add, and then type in your default page index.html, etc.

Then make sure all of your permissions are set correctly to browse, and you should be in much better shape. Hope this helps.

Jonathan
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