First you have to ask your cable provider whether they allow this. Doing so
against their terms of service gets your account terminated.
Second, ensure your PC is stable, secure, has up to date antivirus and a
good firewall. You're asking people to come into your PC and on to your
hard drive. They WILL try to hack you. It's only a matter of time.
Whether they succeed or not is entirely up to you!
http://www.dslwebserver.com/
Long, long article, but each page is well worth reading... and then
re-reading.
One thing to remember... XP Pro is limited to 10 simultaneous connections -
and a single website with multiple subwebs. A connection is not a single
person browsing. It is a 'link' to an image, a page, a hyperlink etc etc so
all 10 will be quickly taken. The 11th connection is refused.
Only solution to this is to move to a Server operating system (ie Windows
2000 Server, Windows 2000 Small Business Server, Windows 2003 Server or
Windows 2003 Small Business Server). The SBS editions are not unlimited
connections.... SBS 2000 is 49, SBS 2003 is 75. Full Server operating
systems allow unlimited connections and the ability to host unlimited
websites.
Cari
www.coribright.com