cabal1209 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 how do I make my computer a server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Have you EVEN searched this forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabal1209 Posted August 25, 2004 Author Share Posted August 25, 2004 yes I did but did not find any Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zprog Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Well, you gotta have a fast internet connection, for one.Then, you have to have a good OS, "Windows XP Home" is not recommended. Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro, Windows 2003 Server, or any deriviative of Linux should be your best choice.If you have Windows, which I guess is the case, go to http://httpd.apache.org and downlaod the software. Read all the readme's.If you want to use a server technology, go to http://www.php.net and http://www.mysql.com to download the Hypertext Preprocessor and MySQL databases, respectively.Once you have everything set up, go to Start - Run - "cmd"Type ipconfigOne of those IP addresses will be your external IP address.From then on, it's as they say, history.To note, there is much more to web server running than that. There have been books written on how to run a server, so my suggestion is you go out to your local library and search for a book on Windows 2000 or PHP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 If he's running windows, he can use IIS too... (and ASP, ASP.Net, PHP and all). Unless it's for *very* limited traffic, you'll find your connection way too slow, especially if you use P2P apps or such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needforspeed Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 If you want a really easy to use webserver, get Abyss Web Server from http://www.aprelium.comThe current public release works flawlessly but lacks some features, you probably wouldn't notice the missing features yet though since it seems like you are just beginning. If you sign up on the forums, you can download the beta for the next version which has a lot more features and runs pretty good for a beta version. A lot of tutorials posted there also so check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zprog Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Or maybe he is trying to create a home network? He said that he wanted to make his computer a server. He didn't say that he wanted to make it a web server.If you want to make your computer a server server, then I suggest getting a good book on Windows XP Professional (if that is an OS that you lease a licence to). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needforspeed Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Or maybe he is trying to create a home network? He said that he wanted to make his computer a server. He didn't say that he wanted to make it a web server.If you want to make your computer a server server, then I suggest getting a good book on Windows XP Professional (if that is an OS that you lease a licence to).That is true, but that would belong on the Networks, Internet, & Security forums instead of Hosting (IIS, Apache, etc.)The first post in this thread wasn't very specific. Could also be ftp server, mail server, DNS server, game server, and all the others you can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xper Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Windows Web Server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cancer10 Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Download CIS WebServer http://helloindia.u69.us/cis/webserver.htmIts really very easy to setup and free too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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