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Remote Connections to IIS in Windows 7

Overview¶

Developing a website for mobile devices, I hosted the site within IIS on my Windows 7 development machine. I wanted to give access to this site from another device on the LAN.

Solution¶

The culprit is Windows 7 Firewall. To enable HTTP access through Windows Firewall on Windows 7, execute the following procedure.

• Control Panel > Windows Firewall
• Left side menu: link for "Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall"
• Change settings button
• Scroll the bottom of the list and enable "World Wide Web Services (HTTP)".