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Name: bscheah
Date: December 9, 2001 at 22:41:38 Pacific
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Anyone out there could help me set up the web server for my machine?

I'm using a DSL line from qwest and the modem I'm using is Cisco 675. I already tried setting up the IIS and got the web server to indicate running but it still doesn't work. I register for a free domain from dhs.org and would like to host my web page with this domain.
Anyone out there who knows? Please help!

Thank you very much.



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Name: Cid
Date: December 9, 2001 at 23:56:45 Pacific
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I'm not sure what dhs.org does exactly... But maybe I can help.

You have set up IIS to run on your machine. You are using DSL from Qwest so I am guessing you have a static IP. Right now, you can have people connect to your web server by typing http://###.###.###.### in their browser. the #'s being your ip address assigned by Qwest.

If you want to find out your IP address, in DOS, or cmd.exe, type ipconfig or type netstat -an. This will tell you what numerical address to tell people to connect to.

Like I said, I don't know what DHS.org is. Maybe they are a DDNS(Dynamic Domain Name Server), meaning they can point a domain name towards whatever address you are logged in as(which might change when using dsl or cable service). You also might try calling Qwest about setting up a permanent web site. They should be able to help.

Hope this helps some. If not, good luck anyways...

BTW, I know RC1 versions of XP had problems with IIS starting up. Make sure you can even connect from your own machine: http:\\yourMachine

Cid


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Name: bscheah
Date: December 13, 2001 at 21:33:40 Pacific
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I have a dynamic ip address and I'm not using RC1....I could connect to my http://mymachine....
Thanks for the help....
but I don't think I could set it up correctly yet...


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