Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista- P10: A better solution is to increase the number of computers available. Now that machines with fast processors, ample RAM, and massive hard disk space can be had for just a few hundred dollars, a multiple-machine setup is an affordable proposition for most homes. | 434 Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista Accessing Your Website Although there s not much to see the default website is ready for action as soon as you install IIS. To access the website from the computer running IIS you can enter any of the following addresses into your web browser http http localhost http IPAddress replace IPAddress with the IP address of the computer http ComputerName replace ComputerName with name of the computer Figure shows the home page of the default IIS website that appears. FIGURE The default IIS 7 website home page. Creating a Windows Firewall Exception for the Web Server As things stand now your new website will only work properly when you access it using a web browser running on the Windows Vista PC that s running IIS. If you try to access the site on any other computer or from a location outside your network you get an error message. The problem is that the Windows Firewall on the Vista machine hasn t been configured to allow data traffic through the World Wide Web Services used by IIS. For your website to work from any remote location you need to set up an exception for the World Wide Web Services in Windows Firewall. Here are the steps to follow lease purchase PDF Split-Merge on to remove this watermark. CHAPTER 19 Setting Up a Website 435 1. Select Start Control Panel to open the Control Panel window. 2. Under Security click the Allow a Program through Windows Firewall link. The User Account Control dialog box appears. note HTTP is short for Hypertext Transport Protocol the protocol used to exchange information on the World Wide Web. 3. Enter your UAC credentials. The Windows Firewall Settings dialog box appears. 4. Select the Exceptions tab. 5. Click to activate the check box beside the World Wide Web Services HTTP item as shown in Figure . FIGURE You need to configure Windows Firewall on the Vista machine to allow .
