>>In order for me to test an application running on a desktop computer from a tablet I need to bring the Home or Private Network Firewall down. Basically when you go to Windows 7 Turn On/Off Firewall you have two networks:
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>>Home or work (private) network
>>Public Network
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>>My understanding the the former one (home network) is the LAN - after my internet router. This is the one I shutdown. Do I understand that a hacker would have to hack through the router to get to this network? I thought that since I use WPA-PSK security on my router, hacking is unlikely. Am I right?
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>I wouldn't take the firewall down completely, just set up inbound rules for the necessary services:
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>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3244158/how-do-i-expose-local-iis-to-other-pcs-on-windows-7
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>If you do drop your firewall yes, you still have protection from the public Internet via your router's firewall, and from WiFi hacking via WPA (preferably WPA2) and a strong password - at least 20 characters long is recommended these days. Turn the firewall back on when you're finished testing.

I do turn firewall back on after testing. And my password is pretty long. And I will look at the thread you posted to see how to setup the rules.
Thank you for your help.