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Serve website off personal computer to internal network

Is there a way to serve a site off my personal computer to other computers on my network?

I have a website that I created that I would like to have others in the same building be able to access it, but not over the internet. I would also not like to have to purchase a domain name.

Solution

  • You can have users access a site on your internal network by running some HTTP Server like Apache HTTPD (an easy installer is included in WampServer) or Microsoft IIS.

    If you go the WampServer route, it has an option for making your site available to other computers ("Put Online"); this exposes the website to any computer which can reach yours. Other people in your building would be able to type your local IP address into their web browser and access your site.

    For example, if your local IP address is 192.168.0.101, users should be able to access your site using a URL like this: http://192.168.0.101/