I'm skipping most of what you sent in reply to focus on the few new items.
At 11:05 PM 1/26/00 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote [in part]
>> With httpd running, connect to URL
>> http://localhost/
>> and you should see a default "home page" placeholder that gets installed
>> with Apache.
>It says it Worked!
>version 1.3.9
Since it worked, all the other stuff I told you about how to install apache
is irrelevant. You should be able to get from the prototype home page to the
documentation (though I forget exactly how - look around), and that should
give you the resources you need to learn the details about how to customize
apache. If you need help on creating the content, I'd suggest you either get
a book or find some of the online resources on html development.
>> Until you have a full-time connection (one with a static IP address), you
>> won't have much luck connecting to your Web site from outside your LAN.
>
>How can I get static IP and whats the difference between static and regular
>IP?
"Regular IP" isn't a term with an established meaning. Basically, you can
get an IP address for a host in two ways:
a static address is one that is "permanently" associated with
the host. The address information is kept in the host,
and changing the address requires making some changes
by hand to the host's setting.
a dynamic address is one that is assigned to the host by another
host, for a limited period of time. The two most common
forms of dynamic address assignment are:
ppp connections, which can assign an address from an
address pool that is good only for the duration
of a connection.
DHCP leases, which use a server to assign an address
from a pool for the client to use for a
specified, limited period (hours, days, sometimes
weeks).
I'm simplifying a bit here; there are other variations, including static
addresses delivered via dhcp leases, but this gives you the idea.
For hosts that will be used as clients, dynamic addresses are fine. For
hosts that will be used as servers, they introduce a problem -- how can
clients reliably find the server if its IP address changes from time to
time? There are solutions to this problem, basically a dynamic version of
DNS, but there aren't any real solutions (that I know of) for homes and
small businesses.
Whether you get a statis or a dynamic address depends solely on the deal you
make with your ISP.
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Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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