qwer9182
09-15-2002, 11:09 AM
It has been a long desire of mine to host a small website on my server computer. However, up until now all the server was used for was as a file storage for all the other computers on the network. The server is running Windows 2000 Advanced Server, which I am pretty sure is capable of hosting a website (except that I don't know how). However, web server software is not my concern...
I am connected to the Internet with a DSL connection. The IP address is not static, but thanks to Dynamic DNS servers such as DynIP (www.dynip.com) I am not worried about that. What I am worried about, however, is my network configuration.
The DSL connection is connected to a DSL router which acts as a DHCP server along with giving other computers on the network access. However, this causes problems when doing activities that require an IP address that is specific to a user. For example, we have problems sending images on AOL Instant Messenger and cannot play most MSN Gaming Zone games.
Another thing we cannot do is host a web server. I believe this is because all requests going to our IP address are received by the router (opposed to a regular computer) which does not know what to do with the incoming request.
Our router is a SpeedStream 5660. Hopefully somebody here knows how to set up a "virtual computer" of some sorts. In other words, how do you set up a device like this to allow one of the computers on the network to be seen by Internet traffic? The router has all kinds of options, but they are not clearly identifiable. What should I be looking for to do this?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!
I am connected to the Internet with a DSL connection. The IP address is not static, but thanks to Dynamic DNS servers such as DynIP (www.dynip.com) I am not worried about that. What I am worried about, however, is my network configuration.
The DSL connection is connected to a DSL router which acts as a DHCP server along with giving other computers on the network access. However, this causes problems when doing activities that require an IP address that is specific to a user. For example, we have problems sending images on AOL Instant Messenger and cannot play most MSN Gaming Zone games.
Another thing we cannot do is host a web server. I believe this is because all requests going to our IP address are received by the router (opposed to a regular computer) which does not know what to do with the incoming request.
Our router is a SpeedStream 5660. Hopefully somebody here knows how to set up a "virtual computer" of some sorts. In other words, how do you set up a device like this to allow one of the computers on the network to be seen by Internet traffic? The router has all kinds of options, but they are not clearly identifiable. What should I be looking for to do this?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!