Background:
I have a laptop & a PC networked (Cross-over cable). Both computers have Apache installed. I use vhosts (which, really do not have a bearing on the subject of this question) in each for different domain, for off-line testing. The vhost directories are on the Laptop and mirror imaged in the PC. Both hosts file are OK.

I can access a`given domain - say abc, by just typing in http://abc in any Browser, (no different than "localhost") on the Laptop. So far, so good, but now comes the complication..... I have IE7 on the Laptop and IE6 on the PC, again for off-line testing. Currently, I have been copying files from Laptop to PC (a tedious & time consuming process) just to test with IE6.

Question:
How can I call a vhost on the laptop from the PC? Is that even possible - or just a stupid question?

I do something similar, with Apache, PHP, and MySQL all installed on my computer for running a development server. I have it running on port 3000 on localhost. So on the machine Apache is running on I can type in localhost:3000 and I get the website. Whenever I view it on another computer (showing my clients what I've developed for them so far), I just have to type in my.ip.address:3000 and the website Apache is running pops up. Hope that helps. (Oh, and since the computer I develope on is on WiFi I had to get port redirecting set up on my router)