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ON a domain or free standing machine?

On a domain, use http://machineName/webName

Don't know machine name? If XP, start menu, find the My Computer icon and
right click and choose properties. Then, go to the computer name tab. This
does not change.

ON a workgroup, or stand alone, it is potentially trickier. The above
machineName might work, but it is not guaranteed, depending on how the
machines are connected.

If it does not work, the easiest method is to open a command prompt and type
ipconfig. Get the IP address and use from the other computer. This will work
as long as you keep the same IP. If you shut down the machine, it is not
guaranteed, so this may or may not be a great long term solution. IT will
certainly help for the moment.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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Think Outside the Box!
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From the computer running the webserver: 127.0.0.1 But this will
not work from any other computer, since it is a loopback IP address.
On a network, use the network IP address for the PC.
 
With frontpage I have the personal webserver running on my desktop. However
whenever I try to view the webpages from a different computer I do not see
the webpages.

Anybody remember the default ip address for the webserver?

Best Regards,
EM
 
Thanks Ronx.

What actually happened was that I was able to view the webpage I created on
the desktop and used a different computer to view the webpage. I used the
computer name and the name of the frontpage like http://dell/realty.
and this worked for me but then I tried several other times and I get the
message that the 'webpage cannot be loaded'. So it worked for a brief
moment. Now I guess I have to use the current ip address of the desktop
since it is on a network with dynamic IP assigned.

Really I wanted to make the page available for some pointers on how to get
both of my tables to show the same length on different pages.

Sincerely,
EM
 
I tried that ipconfig and ping the other computer with the webserver and it
pinged. But when I entered the http://the ipaddress/the frontpage web name I
donot get the webpage.

Is there something I'm missing.

Best Regards,
EM
 
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