HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN WINDOWS WEB SERVER??? (directions inside)

[4dmin]

HERE ARE THE STEPS TO RUN A WINDOWS IIS SERVER ON XP/2000 PRO SYSTEMS, PICS BELOW GO W/ THE STEPS LISTED BELOW.

ps. if you fuck up your machine messing around w/ crap not listed don't call me

Step 1 >>> Put XP/2000pro cd in the tray go to "INSTALL OPTIONAL WINDOWS COMPONENTS"
Step 2 >>> Check "INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES(IIS)", click NEXT, let it install and click FINISH (RESTART SYSTEM)
Step 3 >>> Go to: Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services, make sure the PLAY button is not highlighted that means its running
*** if its not running you will see next to "Default Web Site" STOPPED
Step 4 >>> Go to your browser: http://localhost/ , if you don't see a windows page as listed in pic 4 something isn't right
*** all files for your web server are held in My Computer > C: > Inetpub > wwwroot directory
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NOTE: if you are running SP2 (service pack 2) or any other software firewall you may need to disable them to get to your
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[4dmin]

PROJECT TWO NOW WILL BE GETTING OUT SO PEOPLE CAN VIEW YOUR SERVER....

STEP 1 >>> START > RUN >>> TYPE: CMD (PRESS OK) >>> TYPE: IPCONFIG
STEP 2 >>> IT WILL DISPLAY YOUR IP ADDRESS (WRITE DOWN OR REMEMBER) (EXAMPLE: 192.168.1.1)
*** NOW IF YOU ARE BEHIND A HARDWARE FIREWALL/ROUTER AND ARE NOT PLUGGED DIRECTLY INTO YOUR CONNECTION THEN PLEASE REFER TOT HE 2ND SET OF DIRECTIONS BELOW
STEP 3 >>> TAKE THAT IP ADDRESS SEND IT TO A FRIEND TO CHECK SEND THEM (EXAMPLE HTTP://192.168.1.1), IF THEY CAN SEE THAT THEN YOUR UP AND RUNNING OUTBOUND

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THESE DIRECTIONS BELOW ARE FOR PEOPLE W/ FIREWALL/ROUTERS AT HOME
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PROJECT TWO NOW WILL BE GETTING OUT SO PEOPLE CAN VIEW YOUR SERVER....

STEP 1 >>> START > RUN >>> TYPE: CMD (PRESS OK) >>> TYPE: IPCONFIG
STEP 2 >>> IT WILL DISPLAY YOUR IP ADDRESS/GATEWAY (WRITE DOWN OR REMEMBER) (EXAMPLE: 192.168.1.1)
STEP 3 >>> NOW YOUR GATEWAY SHOULD BE THE ADDRESS OF YOUR FIREWALL/ROUTER TYEP THAT IN THE BROWSER (EXAMPLE: 192.168.1.1), IT SHOULD BRING UP A LOGIN OR TAKE YA TO YOUR INFO
STEP 4 >>> LOG IN AND GET YOUR EXTERNAL IP ADDRESS OR JUST GET YOUR EXTERNAL IP ADDRESS
STEP 5 >>> YOU MAY HAVE TO SETUP PORT FORWARDING OR DMZ, SET PORT 80 &/OR DMZ TO THE IP ADDRESS YOU WROTE DOWN IN STEP 2
STEP 6 >>> TAKE THE EXTERNAL IP ADDRESS SEND IT TO A FRIEND TO CHECK SEND THEM (EXAMPLE HTTP://192.168.1.1), IF THEY CAN SEE THAT THEN YOUR UP AND RUNNING OUTBOUND

IF YOU GOT QUESTIONS POST THEM UP.

[4dmin]

^ if i missed something ; if you have questions post up and i'll try to help ya through it... after you got it up and running you can now file share w/ the world so if you want to share mp3s,videos,etc this is a nice way of doing it from home w/o connecting to a P2P, plus you can disply all kinds of bs for fun like we got here on IA

here is mine from home (i do have a NWS pic on there so be warned) http://24.98.68.96


*** if you want to run an actually domain name say http://www.paulfirestine.com from your home pc you will need to used something like www.dtdns.com to help ya out. 1st thing buy the name you want through www.godaddy.com or something like that then 2nd go to www.dtdns.com and setup an account give them your external ip and they will send the domain name you bought to that address.

[threehundred]

Paul,
I've never done port forwarding before. I use Bellsouth DSL at my house. Do you have instructions on how to set that up or which company to use? Also Masuimi Max is a badass bitch

[4dmin]

as far as port forwarding you won't need anything else besides 80 for just a webserver for home... if you have dmz use that on your router b/c it will do the work for you, but you can open up other ports like below.

7(Echo)
21(FTP)
23(TELNET)
25(SMTP)
53(DNS)
79(finger)
80(HTTP)
110(POP3)
119(NNTP)
161(SNMP)
162 (SNMP Trap)

all depends on the type of server your trying to run

[chuck]

yo paul can you host a zip file of all of those MP3's and Viedos that are up there...just the music, not the porn...to save me from doing each one seperately...

i don't know what you like but i've got a whole bunch of music too...


and i won't get photoshop...my dad said he could bring it over to me...it was just taking forever too.

[4dmin]

if you want i can rip all of it to a cd and bring it to NP tonight

[chuck]

if you want i can rip all of it to a cd and bring it to NP tonight

that would work if you've got time...i'll bring a blank to trade out with you...but if you don't get it done don't stress it.

[4dmin]

^ na its cool i have most of the vids on a dvd right now i'll add some pics and music to it see ya tonight

[chuck]

^ na its cool i have most of the vids on a dvd right now i'll add some pics and music to it see ya tonight

crap man...i had to work late tonight and as of now i'm about to go to sleep...but i may try to come by for a bit just to grab that...i dunno


you're welcome for the pointless post

[OnyxHatch]

i have a ?. i do alot of online gaming, would i be able to notice a difference in performance if i ran a windows server from the same computer i game with? should i run it on a computer i rarely use? i have comcast btw
-carlo

[chuck]

i have a ?. i do alot of online gaming, would i be able to notice a difference in performance if i ran a windows server from the same computer i game with? should i run it on a computer i rarely use? i have comcast btw
-carlo

to have a true dedicated server you should really use a different connection if you want to play the game at the same time. you can either get a card and have two connections to one computer or use two computers with two seperate connections (not just a router)...with a typical connection it would really slow down your gaming and it'd be like playing on dial up.

[4dmin]

unless you start running a sever that is getting alot of traffic i won't notice anything... i would suggest making sure you are running 512-1gb of ram to support the extra services

[threehundred]

Paul, you don't know shit, admit it

[4dmin]

^ your right... i just play video games and surf the web. but i am a pro at it

[green91]

apache > *

[Jkuao]

I'd just run my VPC w/ 2K3 EE Server(MSDNAA is great) or run Apache off my Linux box. But for some reason I've set it up where a 3 person office has 7 computers and I'm tempted to buy another as a dedicated file server for my next project.

This is also assuming you're not running the awesomely slow DSL connection that Bellsouth peddles as commercial broadband. It'd cost $700 a month before I'd get anything close to enough to host a standard website on site.

[4dmin]

you can get split T for 500$ a month, and i used to run a few sites from my home server(charter) when i had static ips, w/o any issue, now as far as running a site such as IA no way you can support on a home system, but most people aren't getting nor need that amount of traffic. for normal use its the best and cheapest way to host files.