Testing a Default Installation of Microsoft IIS WWW

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The default installation of the Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) contains sample files that can be used to test the functionality of your IIS WWW publication service.

To test your server on the local LAN:

• Ensure your computer has an active connection to your local LAN and that your name resolution is working properly.
• Make sure the WWW service is started by opening Microsoft Internet Service Manager and verifying State is "Running".
• Start the Microsoft Internet Explorer.
• Click on File, Open or use the File Open icon on the toolbar.
• Type in the Uniform Resource Location (URL) for the home directory of your new server. The URL will be "http://" followed by the NetBIOS name of your server. For example if your server is called, "myserver" you would type:
  

  http://myserver

• You should see a sample HTML page. If not you may be publishing from a previous installation directory. In that case use the full path to access the sample page such as:
  

  http://myserver/samples