On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 09:43:22PM -0800, Chip Wiegand wrote:
> I am interested in this also. I have apache installed and it does run. I can
> connect to my pages from any pc in my home network. The next part is this -
> How do we (I) get to our pages from the outside world? Don't we need a
> connection to the internet, other than through an isp? When a friend of mine
> tried to ping my ip address it wouldn't work, my isp has a firewall and I have
> a firewall.
Well, both of you are going to need to allow incoming connections on port
80 on your firewalls.
Next, you'll want to contact your ISP about getting a static IP and a domain
name else you'll be stuck using IP numbers to contact your system.
> On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 03:35:22PM -0800, Dreja Julag wrote:
> > > Hello all! I am wondering if I can create a web server of my own with my linux
> > > box for my friends and neighbors. I think it sounds like a cool experiment,
> > > but I don't know where to start. Thanks for the help. I know, I could
> > > probably look to a howto, but they are not the friendliest little creatures in
> > > the world.
> >
> > Install the apache package.
> >
> > Start the server with:
> >
> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
> >
> > Put the documents you wish to publish into /home/httpd/html.
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Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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