Drewdatrip Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 Im planing on seting up and hosting a website from my home. I was wondering how i should go about doing it. I plan to use Winxp server, but what other software,harware,etc do i need to go about this. Instructions would be nice aswell! Thankx-Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 a faster connect besides 56k is for starts-XPerties:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxMaNsOnX Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 Well, it depends on what you want to do... At the minimum, you probably need a domain name and 2 DNS servers. You can do your own DNS if you have 2 static IP's (or 1 DNS server and do one yourself if you just have 1 static). Or just get a subdomain from someone. If you have a dynamic IP, you need some DNS server which does dynamic DNS updates...Past that, I would say go with Linux and Apache, but you probably have your mind on IIS with WinXP.. Just make sure you patch often, I'm sure the next Codered/Nimda is only a short time away Really, that's all you need.. if it's low volume, 56k is fine unless you're serving a lot of graphics or other large things. I used to host a web server off a 56k a few years ago.Post more what you're looking to do and I'll try and guide you on how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAH Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 you could use one pc to do it with .net server installed as IIS but you need a static ip and you could use dns2go.com to do the routing to your IP. But if its 56k it ant going to be very quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micropocalypse Posted February 14, 2002 Share Posted February 14, 2002 you dont need a domain or dns servers, you cun use no-ip at no-ip.com, also i would go with .net , cause it has iis built in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewdatrip Posted February 14, 2002 Author Share Posted February 14, 2002 A little bit more info...the site will most likly be a very basic one, not too many grafix and what not but i dont want to ability to have a high volume of trafic. Im most likely going to get DSL or a low grade cable. Im going to be using Xp server, but im looking for instructions from strart to end. I have only hosted a site on geocites (and other freebies) and have no idea whatkinds of things i need to purchase on the net, such as, domain, routing, dns etc.More or less im wondering what companys to go with an what application should i run. The Pc will be holding all the data of the page and will be dirctly connected to the Cable/DSL. Any sugesstions?-Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piaqt Posted February 14, 2002 Share Posted February 14, 2002 a faster connect besides 56k is for starts-XPerties:D [/quote:6cbc6a169c]Amen!PS. What happened to the "Great sayings" sig?[/size:6cbc6a169c][/color:6cbc6a169c] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewdatrip Posted February 20, 2002 Author Share Posted February 20, 2002 Ok...well now thats everyones done dissing on my connection, can i get some advice on the steps that must be takin to set up a Web server from home. For example recomended connection,programs,websites,ECT.-Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAH Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Drew next time your on MSN give me a shoult and we can talk about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck614 Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 I run a 3 web servers on 3 computers. I use WIN 2000 Server to do it. I think it is the way to go. Very soild. I also use a cable modem. The way I did it, was I created a folder that contains all of my web files. I called it....'d:web'....very original. The way you configure and setup your web server is by going to 'start -> program files -> administrative tools -> Internet Services Manager'.A window will pop up that allows you to configure and control your web server and FTP server. When people refer to IIS, this is exactly what they are talking about. What you want to do is to right click on 'Default web site' and go to properties. This properties window is where EVERYTHING is done. You set the default directory for your web server, you can set permissions, logging, default document, etc. Go to the 'Home Directory' tab. See where it says 'local path', set that to the location of your default directory. As I said this is just the place where you are going to include all of your web files. The first thing that you want to do after you select the default directory, is to select your default document. Go to the documents tab and remove all of the documents that are listed. Select the add button and enter the name of a web page that exists in your default directory. Do not include the path. I.E. 'index.htm' is all you enter. This is asuming that you have made a web page and named it 'index.htm' and put it in your default directory. For now select any web page that is located in that default directory. Now open a browser and put in your IP address. You should see that web document. It is not quite that easy but that is really how you do it. Go ahead and try it and post your results. We will walk you through the landmines. A web server can be an awesomwe thing. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Booger Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/resource_guide.htmlBB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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