How could I set up my own server on my home PC?

[TazExprez]

I would like to set up a server on my home PC. My connection is pretty decent at 5.2Mbps down and about 1Mbps up. I would like to know how I could do this. I would also like to know if it's possible to remotely reboot and login to my PC if something freezes. Thanks for your help. I am using WinXP Pro right now.

 

[JackMDS]

You can find a Tutorial to set you own server here:
DNS - Domain Name System.

 

[TazExprez]

Can I install Apache on WinXP Pro, or do I need to get Linux, or another OS?

 

[JackMDS]

Link: Project: PHP Triad for Windows. An installer of Apache, MySQL, and PHP for Windows.

 

[RossMAN]

Great info, thanks

 

[wallsfd949]

Originally posted by: TazExprez
I would like to set up a server on my home PC. My connection is pretty decent at 5.2Mbps down and about 1Mbps up. I would like to know how I could do this. I would also like to know if it's possible to remotely reboot and login to my PC if something freezes. Thanks for your help. I am using WinXP Pro right now.

wow! 1Mb UP! What kind of service are you using? DSL or Cable? Home or Buisness Class connection.

Jack is right. dsl webserver is a great place to learn how to setup your home web/ftp/mail server. I started there with little (read no) networking experience. In a little over a month (due to work & school schedule), I have 4 websites running across my cable connection with very little downtime (about 99.8% uptime).
I would add that you may wish to setup a secondary PC for a server (with router) for security issues. My sites run on a PII-400 w/512MB-RAM without any problems using Win2k server, mailenable pro, and Helix Streaming server.
win2k server offers terminal services that you can use locally, as well as over the www to login to your server if you have problems or just want to check in / perform maintenance, I'm not sure about winXP.

Good luck on your project.

-eric
www.wallsfiredept.org