In a message dated 1/26/00 11:31:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> I'm skipping most of what you sent in reply to focus on the few new items.
>
> At 11:05 PM 1/26/00 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote [in part]
> >> With httpd running, connect to URL
> >> http://localhost/
> >> and you should see a default "home page" placeholder that gets
installed
> >> with Apache.
> >It says it Worked!
> >version 1.3.9
>
> Since it worked, all the other stuff I told you about how to install apache
> is irrelevant. You should be able to get from the prototype home page to
the
> documentation (though I forget exactly how - look around), and that should
> give you the resources you need to learn the details about how to customize
> apache. If you need help on creating the content, I'd suggest you either
get
> a book or find some of the online resources on html development.
>
> >> Until you have a full-time connection (one with a static IP address),
> you
> >> won't have much luck connecting to your Web site from outside your LAN.
> >
> >How can I get static IP and whats the difference between static and
regular
>
> >IP?
>
> "Regular IP" isn't a term with an established meaning. Basically, you can
> get an IP address for a host in two ways:
>
> a static address is one that is "permanently" associated with
> the host. The address information is kept in the host,
> and changing the address requires making some changes
> by hand to the host's setting.
How and where can I get, configure or determine static IP?
> a dynamic address is one that is assigned to the host by another
> host, for a limited period of time. The two most common
> forms of dynamic address assignment are:
>
> ppp connections, which can assign an address from an
> address pool that is good only for the duration
> of a connection.
>
> DHCP leases, which use a server to assign an address
> from a pool for the client to use for a
> specified, limited period (hours, days, sometimes
> weeks).
How and where can I get, configure or determine dynamic IP?
> I'm simplifying a bit here; there are other variations, including static
> addresses delivered via dhcp leases, but this gives you the idea.
>
> For hosts that will be used as clients, dynamic addresses are fine. For
> hosts that will be used as servers, they introduce a problem -- how can
> clients reliably find the server if its IP address changes from time to
> time? There are solutions to this problem, basically a dynamic version of
> DNS, but there aren't any real solutions (that I know of) for homes and
> small businesses.
>
> Whether you get a statis or a dynamic address depends solely on the deal
you
> make with your ISP.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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