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Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Services)--help please

mcurphy

mcurphy

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I just installed this off my XP disk. Does anyone use this to run a web or ftp server? I want to try and host my own web/ ftpserver, but I'm not exactly sure how some of this works. First off, I am using Win XP pro SP1, I have cable internet through charter, and I am using a netgear router and zone alarm pro firewall. I know charter probably doesn't like to have customers running servers, but I just want to host large files that won't fit in my free web space provided by charter. They would mainly be mpgs and a few mp3's for friends or family to download occasionally. I figure it would go undetected with very little traffic...right??

My first question is how would they connect? Would my assigned IP address from charter take them to the site if they punched it into their browser?? Or would I need to assign my own IP such as 192.168.20.20 or something along those lines??

Second, what services / protocols need to be enabled on my machine? For instance, will I need DHCP running, DNS (I don't have a domain name), or any others?? Or does IIS set some of that up for you?

Third, will I need to do any configurations with my router? If so what type of settings will need to be adjusted or changed? (I realize this is a pretty broad question, but as I said, I'm really unfamiliar with how this works.)

And lastly, does anyone know of a good site/ sites that go step by step in setting this up for newbies? I would really appreciate being pointed in the right direction for help on this.

All advice and suggestions welcome,

Mcurphy
 
Originally posted by: V00DOO
I want to know 2.
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I found this great site: http://www.diywebserver.com/webserver.php, and it has a lot of great info on getting started and set-up. I've decided to purchase my own domain name since they are only $15 a year or so. They also cover router settings at this site.

One other thing, I heard charter won't let ytou run your own webserver, but I am going to give them a call and see what the conditions are, or if I will be able to do it for maybe a small fee. I heard that charter runs frequent port scans on customers computers to check for this, so I don't think I will try to sneak behind their back and risk getting caught. I f worse comes to worse, I may just purchase a web hosting service like GoDaddy to take care of it....but that is going to take all the fun out of it. 🙁
 
OK here we go.

If you have your XP machine behind a router and it is running IIS.
Your IIS is running FTP and HTTP, just install IIS and don?t mess with the permissions or anything like that because that is a whole other subject. Once your IIS is installed type localhost in Internet Explorer and it will bring up the IIS help page. If that comes up Your HTTP server is up and running. Next is your FTP after IIS is finished installing find the IP of your machine. Open up a command prompt and type FTPà open-->toàlocalhost
Then enter and it should prompt you to login use anonymous for login and an email address for a password. Now it should login fine. Ok you servers are up and running, as for DHCP and DNS you have no need for that. Next you need to configure your router to forward HTTP and FTP request to the XP machine. Depending on your router you will need to configure it to route HTTP and ftp traffic to the xp machine. Get those running and tell me the model of your ftp so I can look it up. Post back when its done
 
Originally posted by: Fallen Kell
Do you NEED to run IIS? Apache performs better and is a hell of a lot more secure.
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Yes.

He's not trying to outdo amazon.com here, he just needs something quick and easy like IIS.
 
Actually I am considering the Apache option. It will be a little while, though, before I get this up and running. I want to consult charter and see what the terms are of my service agreement, and what the consequences would be if I did something like this.......Or maybe I could just play dumb and wait for the warning, lol. I also want to get a domain name, so I'm thinking I won't have this going for about a week or two.
 
Apache rocks! I run it myself but he asked about IIS.
If we are going apache lets just ditch the Windows machine and go Linux all the way.
And if you use Linux get ready for a bunch of reading!!!
 
Linux is pretty cool. I have Redhat 8.0 installed as a dual boot with XP on my other rig. I haven't installed it on my new machince yet because I was afraid it wouldn't support all the newer components. I will probably give it a try one of these days when I have more time though. The one thing I didn't like about Linux was that it took a long time to load and run apps, but that could have something to do with the slower machine that it was on.
 
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