hi, this will prob be a trip down memory lane for ya... i downloaded and installed the Apache Webserver 2.2.11 for windows on an xp machine. i am trying to find a set of steps to follow to be able to host websites from my dining room computer. there are tons of "statements/documents" for how to do something, but there is no logical process to follow!!!!!!! this is what i did so far: installed apache 2.2 on Windows XP Professional PC; 512mb ram, 80 gb sata hard drive, Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherboard, Belkin F5D7001 Wireless NIC. The NIC works for all internet thru a linksys/cisco WRT54G2 Wireless router. I have not port forwarded anything yet but I do understand basically how port forwarding works. I had to do it for VNC remote access and got it to work. The router is connected to a Broadband/Cable Modem via Time Warner Cable. I have a registered domain of www.jrubinic.us from godaddy.com. Went to zoneedit.com for some reason to get DNS Service (again, lotsa "dots"/documentation but nothing connected yet). I had godaddy.com transfer the nameserver addresses to the ones for zoneedit.com and that worked. I have already screwed up the Listen Directive by trying to put in an IP address along with a port. The server would not start and I remember reading somewhere that it would do that if I screwed the Listen Directive up. It did. I read some more, looked at the error log files and it told me it could not "bind??" to my WAN IP address. Since I have written software before I know to only change one thing at a time then see what happens.. I commented out the changed config lines and put back the "Listen 80" directive and the Server restarted. After I installed the 2.2 Apache server it said to test the install by going to another pc, open a browser and type in http://localhost/ . THE BAD THING IS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WORKED. I
