title: Accessing a local website from another computer inside the local network in IIS 7
body: <p>Ok, so here is the scenario:</p>
  
  <p>I have <strong>computer A</strong> inside my local network running IIS 7. I added a new website, let's say samplesite.local, through IIS Manager, and edited the <strong>hosts</strong> file inside %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\ with this new line:</p>
  
  <p>127.0.0.1    samplesite.local</p>
  
  <p>So, in a browser running in computer A, if I type samplesite.local in the address bar and hit Enter, <strong>everything works fine</strong>. I can access the website.</p>
  
  <p>Now I wanted to access this website from other local computers, say, <strong>computer B</strong> or an <strong>iPad</strong>, not from the outside world, but from inside the same local network.</p>
  
  <p>Any thoughts?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit:</strong>
  Computer A's IP is 192.168.1.100, and samplesite.local is running on port 80. However, if I type 192.168.1.100 in any computer's browser's address bar, I'm taken to the default IIS website, the one with the IIS logo, whose physical address is C:\inetpub\wwwroot\, not to samplesite.local.</p>