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I have an IIS7 on a Windows 7 Ultimate.

IIS7 works fine on computer hosting IIS7. But I can't access IIS7 from another computer, I get the following message: "server is not responding".

How can I fix this?

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you mean if you type the IP of the computer hosting IIS into the browser of the second computer it works? What exatly are you expecting? – tombull89 May 27 '11 at 10:46
I've improved my question. From computer hosting IIS works fine, but from another computer a can't see anyting. – VansFannel May 27 '11 at 10:50
ok, thanks for the edit. Can the two computers see each other (Ping them?) Also, check the Windows 7 Firewall. – tombull89 May 27 '11 at 10:51
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Is the computer on the LAN? Firewall issues? Try temporarily disabling the firewall, see if that helps.

Can you ping it? Does it respond? There are many reasons why, please provide us more information but hopefully the above will help.

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If I disable Firewall, I get the same message: "Couldn't connect to server". – VansFannel May 27 '11 at 11:00
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I remember that there is an option in IIS7 to don't allow external connections. With this option enabled, only computer hosting IIS7 can access it. – VansFannel May 27 '11 at 11:01
Can you ping the address? As in Start > Run > 'cmd' > ping [ip address]. – Muffinbubble May 27 '11 at 11:03
Yes, I can ping the IP address. – VansFannel May 27 '11 at 11:16
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Run the following tests:

  • Check connectivity from both computers.
  • Firewall settings, temporary disable the firewall from all profiles (private, domain, public) if this works, try adding a Port Rule to your firewall allowing incoming connections to port 80.
  • Also, it'd be important to check the bindings configuration of your website, bindings specify the address the server should listen to for incoming connections, make sure you have 'All Unassigned'.
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