Reputation: 43

How can I showoff my ASP.NET application to my friends?

So, I made a cool demo which I want to show to my friends. But when I give them my IP-address (with the Development server's port and aspx page), it doesn't connect. How can I make it work?

Upvotes: 2

Answers (7)

Joel Coehoorn

Reputation: 416049

The development server will only server connections from localhost. You need to deploy it to a real IIS server instance. Since you don't likely have Windows Server lying around, you can install IIS on any Professional edition of windows. Then your site will run on port 80, just like any other web site. You still may also need to forward that port on your home router.

Upvotes: 1

Oren Hizkiya

Reputation: 4434

You should find a reliable and already configured webhost and host your site there. The first hit on google for "free asp.net host" was here.

Upvotes: 0

citronas

Reputation: 19365

You are probably using the built-in webserver called cassini. By default, that webserver does only accept request from the localhost.

Set up a local IIS, and forward all necessary ports through the firewall

Upvotes: 0

Pierreten

Reputation: 10147

The development server can only be accessed by clients on the local box. You'll need to host your site on IIS to let them access it (assuming they're on your local network.) If you need to expose this on the internet, you'll have to get a hosting company to do that.

Upvotes: 0