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I'm wondering if it's possible to allow users on my local network to connect to an ASP.NET MVC 3 app I'm running through VS2010 on my local PC. The purpose is to let others test during some rapid application development without deploying to a server.

By default, the port seems to be blocked. Is there a setting in VS2010 or IIS Express that I can change to allow access to it?

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By default VS sets localhost bindings in applicationhost.config file (%userprofile%\documents\iisexpress\config\applicationhost.config), so you cannot access it from other machines.

To access your site from other machines,

  1. you need to update your site bindings (in applicationhost.config file) and add a site binding with your machinename

  2. Run VS as administrator

  3. If firewall is blocking your port, unblock it

Following link may help you Configure IIS Express for external access to VS2010 project

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