The main function of the LAN Web server is to realize the resource sharing, and it can realize the synchronization of the information effectively with the help of the LAN server access page. With a Web server, we can upload our information to the server at any time, so that other people who are concerned about the ideas and dynamics that your users will understand in the first place.
Here's how to build a Web server under the Windows7 system.
Step one: Open the Control Panel, select and go to "program", double-click "Turn on or off Windows Services", in the pop-up window select "Internet Information Services" under All the options, click OK, start the update service.
Step two: After the update completes, opens the browser, enters "http://localhost/" the carriage return, if appears the IIS7 welcome interface at this time, the Web server has built successfully.
Step three: When the Web server is built, the next step is to install the Web site that we have developed into the Web server's directory. Typically, when the Web server is installed, the path "% system root%inetpub/wwwroot" is created and the Web site we develop is then copy to the path. Enables you to access the Web site locally.
Step four: Set up a firewall, so that the local area network can also be accessed by other computers. How to: Open the Control Panel, select "System and Security", click "Allow programs through Windows Firewall", in the pop-up dialog box to check the "World Wide Web Services http" to the right two checkboxes, and finally click OK Exit.
Step five: On the other computers in the local area network, open the browser, enter the "HTTP://WEB Server IP Address/" Press ENTER, you can access resources on the server. With the above steps, other users on the LAN can access the Web resources you share through the browser!