how do i do this.....

Livzz · 06-30-2005, 09:50 AM

Hi, I've just set up a network with a switch connected to a broadband modem, printer, and a few computers...
You know how you can type the ip address of your modem or printer into internet explorer and it comes up with a configuration page kind of thing... well i was wondering if i can do a similar thing with the computers connected to the network aswell... like, if i type in the ip address of one of the computers i am taken to some sort of page...

Can i do that?? and if i can.... how?!?!
i know how to make/design webpages with html and all that, but how do i make it so that it is what people see when they type in my ip address??

cheers for your time,
Paul

**apj101** · 06-30-2005, 09:53 AM

you need to set up a web server to serve those computer requesting your pages.
Look into apahce
www.apache.org
its free, and a huge % of web sites use it.

Livzz · 06-30-2005, 10:12 AM

i had a look at the apache site, but its not very user friendly... do i need to download the http server project they have?

**apj101** · 06-30-2005, 10:20 AM

yes, and it should be quite user freindly. You have to read up on it a little

06-30-2005, 09:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Livzz Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia Age: 21 Posts: 303	how do i do this..... Hi, I've just set up a network with a switch connected to a broadband modem, printer, and a few computers... You know how you can type the ip address of your modem or printer into internet explorer and it comes up with a configuration page kind of thing... well i was wondering if i can do a similar thing with the computers connected to the network aswell... like, if i type in the ip address of one of the computers i am taken to some sort of page... Can i do that?? and if i can.... how?!?! i know how to make/design webpages with html and all that, but how do i make it so that it is what people see when they type in my ip address?? cheers for your time, Paul

06-30-2005, 09:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
apj101 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Age: 26 Posts: 9,239	you need to set up a web server to serve those computer requesting your pages. Look into apahce www.apache.org its free, and a huge % of web sites use it. __________________ What did one snow man say to the other? can you smell carrot? The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. How you do anything, is how you do everything!

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apj101 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Age: 26 Posts: 9,239	yes, and it should be quite user freindly. You have to read up on it a little __________________ What did one snow man say to the other? can you smell carrot? The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. How you do anything, is how you do everything!

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06-30-2005, 10:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
Livzz Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia Age: 21 Posts: 303	i had a look at the apache site, but its not very user friendly... do i need to download the http server project they have?