Check the local IP address of the server. If it's something like '192.168.0.247' then just try 'http://192.168.0.247/whatever.
If that local address is not in the bindings list of IIS then just add it - I don't think the Host Name matters - leave it blank.

>Yes, I understand that, but I thought if I can access the web site from the browser on the server using the local address, that would give me more insight on the response of the site. If accessing the site via this local address on the server shows significant increase in speed, then I would have determined a local server would be justified. If however, the speed does not increase significantly, then getting a local server would not be justified.
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>I have also determined that other web pages on the site are fast, even with some data being delivered, so certain pages are the culprit. I have put in debug points to write out the time at page load points and have not yielded any significant findings as of yet.
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>If you can help me set up the web site so I can access it locally via the server's browser, that would be helpful. Right now, when I browse the site via IIS it still is using the same access as if I was not local.
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>Thanks again.
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>Bob
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>>Accessing the web server 'on the intranet' implies accessing via the local LAN. If it's not on the LAN then, by definition, you can't do it....
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>>Have you worked out where the bottleneck is on the existing internet connection. As Michel suggested you should probably compare response times with that for a simple (no data) page.
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>>>I already have one site Binding defined, which currently has a host name that is pointed from another site where the domain is defined. Its IP address is the WAN IP address of the server.
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>>>To add a new binding, what do I put into the host name and what IP address should I use. Please note that this server is hosted as a dedicated server at a third party.
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>>>Thanks again.
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>>>>I think the default is to accept traffic from all IP addresses for port 80. But to check in IIS Manager:
>>>>Select the web site in question.
>>>>In the right hand panel under 'Actions' click 'Bindings...'
>>>>You should see :http Port:80 Ip Addess : *
>>>>If not you can add an entry to allow the specific intranet IP address.
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>>>>(The above, of course, assumes that the machine itself had a network connection on that address....)
>>>>HTH
>>>>Viv
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>>>>>IIS 7.5
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>>>>>>Is the server IIS 6 or IIS 7 ?
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>>>>>>>How do I get the web site configured to a local network address? Thanks.
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>>>>>>>Bob
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>>>>>>>>Whether the Intranet connection will supply a faster response depends on *why* the Internet response takes 3 seconds in the first place. It should certainly be faster to actually deliver a page (but no faster in the composing of it) IAC if you are using IIS you can easily configure it to respond to both the external IP and a local network address (e.g 10.x.x.x). If you need more detail on how to do so just shout......