Re: Can I run an Internet web server from a Win2K computer?

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Hi Robbie

You can deffinately run an internet website from IIS on Windows 2000 Pro., I
know because I do.
Be aware though, that there can be no more than 10 simultaneous connections,
but for your homegrown website, I would think that this is not a problem.

Other things you need to know

1. You'll need a static IP address from your ISP provider
2. You will have to set up your broadband router to forward incoming HTTP
connections on port 80 to the computer hosting the website
3. You will have to set up IIS so that the default web site points to
your website folder
4. You will have to make sure that the name of your home page is listed
in the default start up page list on IIS eg "index", "default", "home" etc

Good luck
Simon




"Robbie Hatley" <bogus.address@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:rjw8h.14985$yl4.3431@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Can I run an Internet web server from my home PC (running
Windows 2000 Professional)? If so, how?

I'm trying to use the web server that comes with Windows 2000
Professional, but I can't connect to it (possibly because it's
intended as an INTRAnet server, not an INTERnet server?).

Here's my current setup:

Computer: Homebrew PC w. AMD Athlon 2800 cpu
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Server: Internet Information Services (part of Win2K-Pro)
Local IP: Fixed IP address for each computer (no DHCP)
Router: Fixed internal (192.168.x.x) and external
(69.108.x.x)
IP addresses; no DHCP; port 80 on server computer
forwarded to port 80 external.


Result: "Web page not found."


I can read my web page by using my comptuter's name instead of
my external address, like so:

http://COMPUTERNAME/

But I want to be able to give an IP address to friends and
have them able to browse the web site on my home PC like so
(hypothetical IP address):

http://69.108.22.117/

If the web server built into Win2K can't do this, is there
some free or cheap (20 or 30 bucks) software I can get
that can handle this job? (If it costs $400, it's NOT
"cheap", at least in my book.)

Any other weird tricks I need to do to get this scheme to
work? (Like port forwarding or other such things?)

Much thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me on
this!


--
Cheers,
Robbie Hatley
East Tustin, CA, USA
lone wolf intj at pac bell dot net
(put "[usenet]" in subject to bypass spam filter)
home dot pac bell dot net slant earnur slant




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