Running a web server in my crappy apartment

I want to play around with hosting a web site from my apartment.

Assuming I have a cable internet connection with a static IP address and assuming I have just built a Linux box to function as a web server and assuming I have a Windows machine as well that I want to be able to share the Internet connection...what would my next step be?

Ian

01. Install Apache at your linux

02. Configure Virtual host in httpd.conf for your windows (optional)

03. Post your static IP address here in forum, so we can enjoy the browsing of your computer.

You can do this with a static or dynamic IP address.
Do you have a router to share the connection and act as a firewall? If not, do this first. When you setup your firewall rules you want to open the following ports:

80 (primary web server)
81 (secondary web server so you can have one on linux and one on windows)
20-21 (ftp)

This should get you started.
I do not suggest you start with setting up up ftp server on linux. I suggest you do this on windows to get an understanding of how it works first. A good free ftp server is warftp. http://www.jgaa.com/index.php?menu=154

i have had good luck with the linksys routers. wired and wireless.

good luck

dave

This was just what I needed. Thanks a lot for your help guys!

I have my site hosted in my apartment here It's great... cable modem... dynamic IP... registered my domain thru dotster (but all the prices are pretty much the same now) and did my dynamic dnsing through dyndns.org... I paid a flat fee and as long as I own the domain they will do my dynamic dnsing for my custom url for free

Personally I've had crappy results with linksys routers... always had wonderful results with netgear stuffs though... that's why my entire network is netgear

now that you say that i keep getting booted out of the network because thier firmware keeps craping out. So i take it back, go with some thing else.

Dave

Hehehe... That's always the case... As soon as you start raving about how good a product is, it dies on you!

I have a Linksys router as well (wireless), and although i haven't had any problems with it, my PCMCIA card seems to drop connections a lot... I haven't been able to determine whether or not its the card, my slot, the router, or my crappy ISP! But it's definitely one of those!