Setting up WIN NT Worksation PC to be a internet Server

[pdn]

I'm kind of new at this. I do however have a current Cable internet shared through a Link Sys Wireless router with 3 pcs (clients) networked together with it. Is there any way I can set up my Win NT pc to be connected directly to the cable modem, then to the router, and then to the client pcs? Another words the Win NT pc will be connected directly to the internet, then the router will be getting the internet though the Win NT pc, and so on. I've figured that the Win NT pc will need two LAN cards one for the modem and one for the router. I've been reading up on how to set up your own Personal Web Server, but other than that it's blank. Any help would be good.

 

[martind1]

if you have a router why would you want to put this computer in front off the router and its firewall protection?

It can still be behind the router and be a web server.

Link to: Hosting with Cable/DSL Web Server.

 

[wallsfd949]

Originally posted by: martind1
Link to: Hosting with Cable/DSL Web Server.

Good stuff.. I went thru the tutorials on that site and used their forums for any questions that were not answered in the tutorials. I run 6+ sites, e-mail, ftp, and webmail on 2 servers (w2k and linux) and I had -0- networking knowledge when I started

-Good luck. PM if you want.

Eric

 

[pdn]

Originally posted by: martind1
if you have a router why would you want to put this computer in front off the router and its firewall protection?

It can still be behind the router and be a web server.

Link to: Hosting with Cable/DSL Web Server.

I thought that I might have trouble hosting my web page(s) with my router on my server, as I've had trouble in the past using netmeeting, online gaming, msn video/voice chatting. I couldn't get any of those items to work. I'll give it try and keep you posted!

 

[AFB]

First, why do you want the Nt computer in front of the router? Is it to host something ?

 

[pdn]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
First, why do you want the Nt computer in front of the router? Is it to host something ?

Yes, I'm going to attempt to use it to host my web page(s).

 

[Nothinman]

I thought that I might have trouble hosting my web page(s) with my router on my server, as I've had trouble in the past using netmeeting, online gaming, msn video/voice chatting.

All of the things you mention have poorly designed protocols, they weren't designed with NAT in mind so they fail horribly if you don't have an extremely smart router that can analyze the protocol and make the necessary changes in the packets as they pass through it.

For a basic web page it'll work fine, HTTP is a really simple protocol and NAT's just fine.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: pdn

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
First, why do you want the Nt computer in front of the router? Is it to host something ?

Yes, I'm going to attempt to use it to host my web page(s).

You could just forward port 80 to your server from your router.

 

[martind1]

You could just forward port 80 to your server from your router.

it is almost as if the first person to respond said this smae thing

It can still be behind the router and be a web server.

 

[JustinLerner]

Windows NT (all versions) is deprecated and without support from Microsoft.

The parts of Windows NT which provide the least secure services and components are IIS services.
If you aren't concerned about potential security breaches, then use IIS or PWS and have fun.

 

[Nothinman]

Windows NT (all versions) is deprecated and without support from Microsoft.

Hardly. They still support NT 5 and up.