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this article will walk you through setting up a home webserver. Issues about attempting to mask it from your isp and basic security will also be discussed.

http://www.iceteks.com/articles/parser.php...?article=server

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Guest wrote: i want to run a web server from home on xp pro
i have a static ip address

did the following and still my webpage isn't seen online

purchased domain
registered at www.zoneedit.com free dns service
configured domain's server names
run easyphp

always the same screen "The page cannot be displayed"

how do i get my web page online??
please help.

How do you have a static IP?

Do you have an index.html in your document root? Let me change that.. you didn't mention which webserver you are using... we need to know that.

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http://www.dslwebserver.com is a good guide also

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That site has lot of useful info! I just wish my isp would allow servers

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well http is the most important part, the php and such is not required but a must have for most modern websites. Apache is the best solution. In that article it was windows apache. Usually for windows you go with IIS but apache is still more secure.

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Ping your domain to see if it is in fact working and pointing to the right IP. As for the root, that's whatever you set it to, it's where the main directory is for your files.

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Yes, but did you forward the ports through your router? You need to forward them to the local machine that is running the server.

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80 is default, that way you don't have to type it in the url.

ex: http://www.iceteks.com automaticly goes to port 80 so it's the same as saying http://www.iceteks.com:80

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Red, you know which ISP's allow servers and which ones don't? I'm afraid AOL and Roadrunner don't. Am I correct? My mom gave me her old computer and I was going to set it up as a server.

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I don't think many actually do allow it, unfortunatly. The best thing to do is to ask them. My isp allows gaming servers and maybe small personal home pages, but no ecomerce sites, or big sites like this one. (which can sort of fall into ecomerce - the non evil type. )

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Red Squirrel wrote: I don't think many actually do allow it, unfortunatly. The best thing to do is to ask them. My isp allows gaming servers and maybe small personal home pages, but no ecomerce sites, or big sites like this one. (which can sort of fall into ecomerce - the non evil type. )

What about, say, "Here Be Legos", a site with images of Lego creations? Pretty small.

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Yeah, I'd say if you only transfer a few gigs per month you're probably safe. But I'd ask first to ensure it's ok since I did the mistake of not asking and nearly lost Iceteks, when it was first started. They found out and I had to shut it down then a month later I got paid hosting. Was a PIA since it involved convincing my mom that 128-bit security for her credit card would be hard to crack and that it's safe to enter it in.

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Red Squirrel wrote: Yeah, I'd say if you only transfer a few gigs per month you're probably safe. But I'd ask first to ensure it's ok since I did the mistake of not asking and nearly lost Iceteks, when it was first started. They found out and I had to shut it down then a month later I got paid hosting. Was a PIA since it involved convincing my mom that 128-bit security for her credit card would be hard to crack and that it's safe to enter it in.

My mom is iffy about internet transactions too. She thinks just because it's the internet you will get ripped off.

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Well it's true there's lot of scams and such so I guess people have a reason to be scared, but with big companies like web hosts, ebay, etc they can be trusted so nothing to worry about.

My grandma, on the other hand, inserts her cc # whenever it asks, not knowhing why it's needed. really bad.

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Red Squirrel wrote: Well it's true there's lot of scams and such so I guess people have a reason to be scared, but with big companies like web hosts, ebay, etc they can be trusted so nothing to worry about.

My grandma, on the other hand, inserts her cc # whenever it asks, not knowhing why it's needed. really bad.

Oh God. You should seriously get her to stop that. I entered my card number for a site selling the PSP((the new Sony handheld)) for 0.01 pounds((I don't even use that currency)). So I guess I'm a dumbass too.

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XP is a PIA to network, but as a start, ensure the firewall is disabled.

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Would you like an apple pie with that?

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Disable the firewall!

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Do you notice this topic is rather old and no one is using it? Hmmm. Oookay.

I run Apache.

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