How on earth do I do this

> >I believe you need to edit each machines hosts file to point "localhost"
> >to the IP of the machine that has the testing server setup.
>
> Crash:
> But that won't make a difference for other machines who cannot see the
> machine. And besdies, localhost should be set to 127.0.0.1, not the actual
> IP of the machine.

I didn't realize other machines couldn't view his machine, I thought he was
attempting to get the machine with the IIS server setup as a testing server.

I believe in order to do this he needs to direct his localhost/ traffic from
the individual machines to the machine with the testing server running.



> D:\>ping happymachine1
>
> If it connects, you'll see results like this:
>

I would also suggest obtaining the local IP of your gateway, and pinging the
IP directly.

>I believe you need to edit each machines hosts file to point "localhost" to
>the IP of the machine that has the testing server setup.

Crash:
But that won't make a difference for other machines who cannot see the
machine. And besdies, localhost should be set to 127.0.0.1, not the actual
IP of the machine.

DazFaz:
Can you see the machine from the other machines at all? Open a command
prompt, type "ping machinname" (without quotes, and replace the word
machinename with the actual machine name or IP address). Example:

D:\>ping happymachine1

If it connects, you'll see results like this:

Pinging happymachine1[128.1.28.1] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 128.1.28.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 128.1.28.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 128.1.28.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 128.1.28.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127

Ping statistics for 128.1.28.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


If it doesn't connect, you'll see this:
Ping request could not find host happymachine1. Please check the name and
try again.

I believe you need to edit each machines hosts file to point "localhost" to
the IP of the machine that has the testing server setup.

"DazFaz" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Guys,
>
> This might not be the right place to post this so I?m pretty sure someone
> will
> point me in the right direction if its not.
>
> Ok then this is my problem.
>
> I have a LAN with 4 systems linked with a basic switch. Each system has XP
> Pro
> installed. One machine is used as the default gateway to the net and it?s
> on
> this machine I want to set up a local testing server. IIS is already
> installed
> on the machine but I?m not able to see anything on this system, from any
> other
> machines on the network. I also want clients to be able to view
> files/websites
> that are in development externally.
>
> Ive already set up IIS to test files locally using Dreamweaver.
>
> Any help with this or can someone point me in the direction of any online
> tutorials would really be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>