IIS7 on Local Network

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Hi,

I am just starting to use the new IIS7 console on Windows 7 for the first time, and I have to admit to being somewhat overwhelmed by the apparent complexity of it all. I realise that I need to simply do the work and start reading, but one feature I have a particular need to investigate promptly is its ability to run multiple websites.

I have a website that is actually several websites (with different domain names) which link to each other. Setting this up on my live website provider is no problem, but what I need is to try to replicate, as closely as possible, the same behaviour on my local network.

I have an Windows7/IIS7 machine with a single IP on my local network. Is it possible to get this to run multiple websites simultaneously and have these accessible by some form of URL? This last bit is the problem actually. I don't mind if I even have to use raw IPV4 addresses and port numbers but how do I get access to pages in 2 different websites on the same machine from another machine on my network?

Sorry for the length of the post, bit difficult to explain what I need to do. Any pointers to information on this would be very gratefully received.

Best wishes,
Patrick

Posted 13-May-11 23:57pm

Patrick Skelton

Updated 14-May-11 0:09am

Ramalinga Koushik

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Mark Vinod Sinnathamby · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-15T07:31:00

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I am not sure what you mean when you say the single site is actually multiple sites, but am assuming that they are subdomains(?). You could try setting up a web site in IIS and creating different virtual folders underneath it, linking the virtual folders to the different subdomains. After that you can access the different sites by having the specific domain name(virtual folder) in the URL.

Posted 15-May-11 7:31am

Mark Vinod Sinnathamby

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Patrick Skelton 16-May-11 6:49am

Hi, Mark,

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I do mean that there is a main website and there are sub-domains, which can also be accessed directly via a different main URL.

I have managed to set up something that will suffice for testing, which follows your suggestion.

Best wishes, Patrick