Intranet on Home Network

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I'd like to set up an intranet on a home wireless network. The computer where
I would run the server runs WINDOWS/XP. I have no web programming or
administration experience to speak of, although I do have extensive
programming experience.

What software do I need to implement this? Is there a lot of freeware or
shareware application software available? Is online, newbie-level help
(forums) readily available?

TIA,

Phil
 
I'd like to set up an intranet on a home wireless network. The computer where
I would run the server runs WINDOWS/XP. I have no web programming or
administration experience to speak of, although I do have extensive
programming experience.

What software do I need to implement this? Is there a lot of freeware or
shareware application software available? Is online, newbie-level help
(forums) readily available?

TIA,

Phil
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Phil,

Setting up an Intranet is almost as simple as opening up the boxes that the
computers come in.

If you buy multiple computers running Windows XP, it's just a matter of
connecting the wires (Ethernet cables), and running the Network Setup Wizard.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html

That said, depending upon the details of your home or business, none of which
have you even hinted at, you could have dozens of crucial decisions to make.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html

Start by designing the network properly. Make the right initial decisions. And
ask questions. Start here:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/networking-your-computers.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/networking-your-computers.html
 
Chuck,

Thanks for your reply. I looked at your website. Everything I saw is well
organized and well written. I'll return for more soon.

I already have my wireless network up and running. I'd like to tinker with
web programming, and I thought I could do that by setting up an internal
web-like environment. How do I get started? Can I run the Apache server on my
WINDOWS/XP desktop? What other stuff will I need to get started?

TIA,

Phil
 
Chuck,

Thanks for your reply. I looked at your website. Everything I saw is well
organized and well written. I'll return for more soon.

I already have my wireless network up and running. I'd like to tinker with
web programming, and I thought I could do that by setting up an internal
web-like environment. How do I get started? Can I run the Apache server on my
WINDOWS/XP desktop? What other stuff will I need to get started?
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Thanks for the feedback, Phil. Most of the experience here is in Windows
Networking, ie CIFS / SMB. Web servers are something I personally haven't
worked with a lot.

If you have your infrastructure, and Windows Networking, working as you'd like
it, then I'd say you'll have to start experimenting. What do you hope to do
with Apache server? It shouldn't interfere with the Windows Networking
infrastructure, but I wouldn't bet too strongly that way.
 
Chuck,

Thanks for your reply. I looked at your website. Everything I saw is well
organized and well written. I'll return for more soon.

I already have my wireless network up and running. I'd like to tinker with
web programming, and I thought I could do that by setting up an internal
web-like environment. How do I get started? Can I run the Apache server on my
WINDOWS/XP desktop? What other stuff will I need to get started?

TIA,

Phil
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Yes you can run Apache, MySQL DB, PHP, on an XP computer. They all play
well. Or, you could run IIS and use the windows web server. You need to
decide what web development environment you want to use (VB, SQL Srver,
..NET) or (PHP, MySQL, Apache [LAMP]). You can not run more than one web
server on port 80. There are many other web servers and development
evironments that will work but you maybe should stat with one of these.
 
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