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How to create a server?
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I have a old windows 98 computer on a network which I would like to make a server out of. Can Win98 support a web server or FTP server? I also would like to not spend any money doing this. Please let me know. Thanks, Ian |
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How to create a server?
"Ian" wrote in message ... | Hi, | | I have a old windows 98 computer on a network which I would like to make a | server out of. Can Win98 support a web server or FTP server? I also would | like to not spend any money doing this. Please let me know. | | Thanks, | Ian | It depends upon what you mean and want/need as a server. Win98 could/can support two Microsoft servers, PWS {ftp, web} and IIS [ftp]. Within those servers, third party developers could and did offer additional features [example: Cold Fusion]. It could/can run older Win32 ports of Apache among several other servers once offered by third party programmers.. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org a Peoples' counsel _ _ ~~ |
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How to create a server?
"Ian" wrote in message ... | Hi, | | I have a old windows 98 computer on a network which I would like to make a | server out of. Can Win98 support a web server or FTP server? I also would | like to not spend any money doing this. Please let me know. | | Thanks, | Ian | It depends upon what you mean and want/need as a server. Win98 could/can support two Microsoft servers, PWS {ftp, web} and IIS [ftp]. Within those servers, third party developers could and did offer additional features [example: Cold Fusion]. It could/can run older Win32 ports of Apache among several other servers once offered by third party programmers.. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org a Peoples' counsel _ _ ~~ |
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How to create a server?
I have a old windows 98 computer on a network which I would like to make
a server out of. Can Win98 support a web server or FTP server? I also Windows is really not very good as a server (any version) Win98 is especially made as an desktop operating system and is very good at that. If you want to have a special computer as a server, I think you should install Linux or FreeBSD on the computer instead, unix-like operating systems mainly constructed for being servers (note: you should probably not select a linuxdistribution that anyway tries to be a desktop os for your server). If you on the other hand want to use the computer as both your desktop computer and a server with not verry high load, at the same time, then win98 will work fine for you. most webservers in the world use apache (but there are others too) If you want to install apache without have to learn lots of things then use XAMPP for Windows http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html but perhaps get another version of MySQL if you want that database. (in win98 you might need to add or change a line in config.sys shell=c:\windows\command.com c:\windows /e:2048 /p to allow for more environment variables.) as FTP-server use for example version 0.9.14a of filezilla server http://sourceforge.net/project/showf... ase_id=404348 or if it is ok for you to run programs that is not opensource then you can use for example http://www.zftpserver.com/ http://www.xlightftpd.com/ or http://www.warftp.org/ ftp servers but if you are not using your server also as an desktop computer consider a small non graphical free linux-distribution. |
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How to create a server?
I have a old windows 98 computer on a network which I would like to make
a server out of. Can Win98 support a web server or FTP server? I also Windows is really not very good as a server (any version) Win98 is especially made as an desktop operating system and is very good at that. If you want to have a special computer as a server, I think you should install Linux or FreeBSD on the computer instead, unix-like operating systems mainly constructed for being servers (note: you should probably not select a linuxdistribution that anyway tries to be a desktop os for your server). If you on the other hand want to use the computer as both your desktop computer and a server with not verry high load, at the same time, then win98 will work fine for you. most webservers in the world use apache (but there are others too) If you want to install apache without have to learn lots of things then use XAMPP for Windows http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html but perhaps get another version of MySQL if you want that database. (in win98 you might need to add or change a line in config.sys shell=c:\windows\command.com c:\windows /e:2048 /p to allow for more environment variables.) as FTP-server use for example version 0.9.14a of filezilla server http://sourceforge.net/project/showf... ase_id=404348 or if it is ok for you to run programs that is not opensource then you can use for example http://www.zftpserver.com/ http://www.xlightftpd.com/ or http://www.warftp.org/ ftp servers but if you are not using your server also as an desktop computer consider a small non graphical free linux-distribution. |
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