Access a sharepoint site via local machine

Question

I need to access to a SharePoint site "//employee/site" via my local machine. I added the IP address of the server & URl to the host file of my local machine. but I still have 404

Answer 1

This sounds like you need to disable the loopback check for IIS. If this is a dev server, I'd follow the second option.

1. To set the DisableLoopbackCheck registry key, follow these steps: Set the DisableStrictNameChecking registry entry to 1.
2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
4. Right-click Lsa, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
5. Type DisableLoopbackCheck, and then press ENTER.
6. Right-click DisableLoopbackCheck, and then click Modify.
7. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
8. Quit Registry Editor, and then restart your computer.