Ok , i have build a server for my self for all my web sites total of 8 sites.

system stats
cel 1.7
512MB DDR
60GB ata133
SOYO board


is nice and runs fast !
OS Runinng > XP pro
Software Installed > WAMPP
from " http://www.apachefriends.org/wampp.html"

I have install and running php programs like " phpBB Message Board " working great .....

here are my questions:

1) I can see it on my network here , but outside my network people can not.?

2) how can i set network server name ?

3) what is the best ( free or cheap ) control panel ...

any input is great ? thanks

WAMPP is cool :) so is lampp :D

Is your network firewalled?

Does the server have it's gateway defined?

1) I can see it on my network here , but outside my network people can not.?

Same problem here i had to reinstall then it worked for a while then stopped again.

2) how can i set network server name ?

What do you mean?



3) what is the best ( free or cheap ) control panel ...

I haven't seen any for windows.

Originally posted by JTY
Is your network firewalled?

Does the server have it's gateway defined?


I have checked , and all firewalls are down

There is WinPanel I believe, or at least I think that is what it is called. I'm not sure if it is cheap though. It seems to me you are running fine without a control panel. :)

Is your server on the internet or on an intranet? I'm not at all a hardware expert, but I'm going to try to give this one my best shot. In other words, is your server directly on the internet or is it connected to a router? My computer I am using right now is connected to a router, therefore, no one could connect to it say via ftp out of my home.

Originally posted by smidwap
There is WinPanel I believe, or at least I think that is what it is called. I'm not sure if it is cheap though. It seems to me you are running fine without a control panel. :)

Is your server on the internet or on an intranet? I'm not at all a hardware expert, but I'm going to try to give this one my best shot. In other words, is your server directly on the internet or is it connected to a router? My computer I am using right now is connected to a router, therefore, no one could connect to it say via ftp out of my home.

yes it is , I have 5 computers here anfd i have to have a router... Is this the problem ? and how can i go around it ?

how can i set network server name ?

I mean is , I try to set one of my domains to this server.
i place my IP address there and i could not , it was asking me for a name server ?

Originally posted by Ivan23


yes it is , I have 5 computers here anfd i have to have a router... Is this the problem ? and how can i go around it ?

Yes that is the problem:) By using a router your computer can not communicate directly with the internet. In order for your server to work you will need to setup port forwarding on the router. I suggest you take a look at the documentation for your router on how to setup port forwarding. You will need at minimum port 80 forwarded for your http server. If you are going to be running FTP you should also be forwarding port 21.

hummm, thanks ....

I'll try this out ....first thing in the morning

Woohoo! Me the one who knows nothing about hardware (let along routers) just hit it right on the nail. ;)

Actually, I am so bad at networking, that I am trying to connect a computer that I haven't used for about 2 months to the internet and I just randomly picked a port from the router and unplugged it so I could plug that computer in. See what I mean?

Remind me to never ever have a job in the field of networking. :D

I just networked up a wireless network, its really easy
all you need is a normal linksys router

if you have static ips you need to know them and specify them in windows

if you have dhcp , you don't need to do anything other then hooking the plug in

I want a wireless network :)

Originally posted by Darth
I want a wireless network :)

I woudl liek one too...


But it's reliability is really bad =/

Better then just setting ports to forward, or easier(this is asuming that you are using a router that gives you private ip's internally, and you have one public ip) you should have a DMOZ(demilitoriez zone(sp)), that opens all ports on one of your comps/

IT WORKS !!! THANKS GUYS ...