[Xitami] Xitami Setup

Sat Jan 14 15:37:41 CET 2006

Dale,
	I've never shied away from a little technical challenge.  Any
suggested reading?  I am already very familiar with computer hardware, and
some simple programming (BASIC, VBS, Pascal, assembly, ATLAS). I don't know
if the latter will help 8^).  I also know my way around the registry fairly
well.  I am using XP Home, so IIS is not an option.  I know there is a
"process" that will enable NT 2000 IIS to run on XP Home, but am more
interested in a supported methodology.  Xitami seems to have a fairly good
support network for shareware, and seems less complex than Apache.

Dwayne

-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Unroe [mailto:daleunroe at fuse.net] 
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:29 AM
To: 'Xitami Users General Discussion'
Subject: RE: [Xitami] Xitami Setup

Lets get on some basic terms as a foundation to build the solution upon.

1.  Private IP address (only works internally/LAN) vs. Public IP address
(searchable/findable across the internet/WAN) 
2.  Dynamically assigned IP addressing (changes from time to time) vs.
Static IP addressing (the same day in day out) (see your ISP's offering
details if you don't already know. 3.  The 169.254.x.x is one of the
reserved IP addressing ranges for internal/private only usage.  It is a
Class C address with the subnet mask 255.255.255.0 4.  If you are clueless
about terminology do some research beyond this list including googling and
surfing Wikipedia 5.  IP addressing as a subject is a two edged subject in
that it is fundamentally simple but the details of subnetting are one of the
most dreaded subjects by teachers when instructing on networking.
Fortunately for your sake subnetting most likely will not come into play for
a single home network. 6.  Once you understand the basics of IP addressing
for your situation then you must move on to understand putting that IP
address into a publicly reachable index that points to your machine.  This
index is called a DNS server.  DNS servers can be specifically internal so
not any DNS server will work.  You need to have a properly configured DNS
server with all the right records, forwarders, and web listeners for things
to work.  Usually the simple need is met not by doing this on your own but
by having a third party provide DNS provisioning for you.  DYNDNS.org and
TZO.com are a couple of many such business that can do this.  Your own ISP
may do this and it may or may not be for additional costs (check before you
have this service initiated). 7.  If this is getting too difficult for you,
contact a local network savvy person for hire to get this set up for you.  I
bet for $50 someone would be willing to do this.

I am glad to provide this help to someone willing to be ambitious and take
on a nice technical challenge such as yours.

Good luck,

Dale Unroe
Microsoft Certified Professional

-----Original Message-----
From: xitami-bounces at lists.xitami.org
[mailto:xitami-bounces at lists.xitami.org] On Behalf Of Johannes Prost
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:06 AM
To: Xitami Users General Discussion
Subject: RE: [Xitami] Xitami Setup

ipconfig is a tool to show your ip# of your computer build in network card.
That has nothing to do with your public ip. A bit more detailed info about
your setup would help to make more clear answers. 1. are you using a router
? 2. is your machine directly connected to the ADSL ( Iam assuming you have
this kind of connection) 

The more detail we get, the easier it is to find the problem.

Johannes

> The desired ports are open, but the IP shown by ShieldsUp! Is totally 
> different than the IP as reported by ipconfig.  It appears to be the 
> IP of my ISP?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Francis Turner [mailto:francis.turner at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 1:42 AM
> To: Xitami Users General Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Xitami] Xitami Setup
> 
> 
> You ought to be able to check whether it is possible to see if your 
> ISP is blocking ports or similar by using the GRC shields up test - 
> https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll
> 
> On 1/11/06, Icosahedron <icosahedron at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It's possible that your ISP has a NAT installed, meaning that you
> > can't host things like web servers on a PC in your home.  It's not 
> > uncommon.
> >
> > I'd look for a cheap hosting plan.  There are plenty available that
> > will host your website.
> >
> > Jay
> >
> > On 1/10/06, kharzham at earthlink.net <kharzham at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > Xitami is the first web server I have ever tried to run.  I have
> > > just gotten a domain name through DNSexit, and want to run a small 
> > > family web site.  I am using my home computer via an ADSL line.  I 
> > > have set up Xitami, and installed 3Dwatch to update my IP.  
> > > Everything works fine on yje localhost, or if I access my domain 
> > > from my computer (www.hopkinsfamily.com), but no one can access it 
> > > from another computer.  I also can not access it via my computer at 
> > > work.  I believe I have opened the proper ports in my firewall.  Can 
> > > anyone suggest a way to test my setup?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dwayne
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