Free Web Servers?
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) and install PHP myself.
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PHPTriad @ www.download.com
It will install php and apache on your computer and you can host your site from your IP.
It will install php and apache on your computer and you can host your site from your IP.
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I've tried twice now to download and install the newest versions of Apache and php and failed both times. It's a little complicated and you have to make a bunch of changes to the httpd.conf file for php to work. Does anybody have any experience with this or know what the problem might be? I guess I can get the Triad one but I'd rather have everything as current as possible.
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MF, are you looking at using your computer as a dedicated server? If so, it would be best just to use Linux. I'm not saying that because of any other reason other than Appache can be installed while you install Linux, and once you get your network settings set and forward your port 80 from your router, you've got the server running.
I guess the only thing I have against Appache running on Windows machines is that it must be executed and running in the background, while on Linux it can be integrated with the system and hardly use up resources at all when being accessed.
I guess the only thing I have against Appache running on Windows machines is that it must be executed and running in the background, while on Linux it can be integrated with the system and hardly use up resources at all when being accessed.
Tripod has PHP and MySQL support on their free packages.
www.tripod.lycos.co.uk
I'm using it to host my site which is using postnuke. There is 1 ad that goes across the top of the screen and a little down the side
www.tripod.lycos.co.uk
I'm using it to host my site which is using postnuke. There is 1 ad that goes across the top of the screen and a little down the side
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I've found Slackware to be an easier system to run Appache on than RedHat. And how low of a processor are you using? If I were to make one for my home and have a webpage others could view from outside my home, I could probably comfortably use my 200mhz computer. If you have some old computer laying around the house somewhere, chances are if you put a 1/10MBpS ethernet card on it and the processor is at least a P2, you could probably have a decent server. Mind you, it might not be able to run dedicated servers for CounterStrike or anything, but for what you said, it sounds like that's not what you want one for. The thing I like about Slackware is that all of the downloads and such for it are free(so is said for RH, but I'll get to RH soon), it has a great community that actually answers questions(http://www.linuxquestions.org), and it runs on older computers as well(well, it doesn't really work with my soundcard, but what do you expect when I have an ISA connection and it's from 1997?)
RedHat is getting more mixed reviews about their latest release of the 9 series. From what I've heard, it's about a 50/50 chance that it'll either slow down your system majorly, or it'll run fine. But when people complain about RH, they're now complaining about RH9 and that on their computers(even on P4's) it slows down the computer considerably.
Before you go into too much work, I'd read over the contract between you and your ISP and see if they allow you to have a webserver in your home. They might have a bandwidth limit or something, but unless you expect to have a lot of traffic going through, I guess it wouldn't be too much of a problem.
I'd also buy a simple 10/100MBs router with a switch option, then an extra CAT5 ethernet cable or two(you decide how long you need them, we ended up buying two 100ft cables, now one is wired around the house and the other goes through the hallways when I need to connect my POS computer. Also, once you get your router, log in, forward the port# 80 to your webserver. That's the port number that addresses most webservers and is Appache's default, as well as people's web browsers.
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rjensen11...this has been the most fascinating thread i've ever seen...now i'm glad GG moved the rumble strip thread that lead me here...i've been thinking about going linux for a while, or at least i've been reading about it, but i like my new windows XP with all the cool s**t it comes with...but what you say about low powered puters being able to run linux and then do ok as servers? right now a couple of different friends of mine have gotten pretty cool obsolete puters for free, they're just using 'em for stuff like playing "the Sims" or checking e-mail or stuff...i have broadband, i think i just might pick me up a used 833 Ceron or Pentium 3...
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If it can play The Sims well, it should make for a decent server, that is, if you don't expect to have tons of traffic and want to run dedicated servers for games like Half Life on it. Even then, I wonder how much a 500mhz computer could do with Slackware, since it can be a pretty bare-bones OS if you want it to be...(Unlike most Linux Distributions, you don't need a graphic interface for Slackware, you can run everything through text command if you wish, much like how DOS ran, only a little different...)
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