Cannot access web site hosted in another computer

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i have 2 computers at home, they are both windows 2000 Professional. I linked
them and able to share and access folders in both. I have created a web site
in one computer, i can browse it: http:\\localhost\alanLorimer\hello.htm. I
failed to browse the same web site from another computer, when i typed
http:\\alanLorimer\alanLorimer\hello.htm i was prompted dail-up connection
dialog box. Please help.
 
That is not surprising; it is not possible for IE to tell if the http:// URL
is a local domain, or external.

Try the local path (eg: c:\...)
 
i tried http:\\10.208.18.16\alanLorimer\hello.htm from another PC i was
prompted dail-up connection dialog box too.
I have web shared the folder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\ALANLORIMER as AlanLorimer
in the host PC.
I then tried to share the folder as AlanLorimer, i got the same dial-up
connection dialog box also.
 
i shared the folder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\ALANLORIMER at host PC. i then typed
\\AlanLorimer\Alanlorimer\hello.htm in another PC, i can access the web page.
But the test objective is to allow users accessing website hosted in host PC,
so that they will type website address instead of a folder path. Is it
possible to do that? Thanks
 
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