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A friend of mine wants to get a low end webserver with windows 2k server so he can host webpages and charge people for hosting service. He has cable high speed, just the regular home service.( can we get by without having business service? The webserver wont be getting thousands of hits, maybe a 100 or so a day if that much.)

1.I am confused on how to make this home network of his secure with home routers. What do you all think would be the best way to enable outside people to view the webpages on the web server, but not allow hackers to get into the desktops that are also on the same network. I was thinking buying two home routers and creating something like a DMZ zone, having the webserver come off the first router, and the 2nd router connecting to the 1st via the built in switch with a crossover cable. Then the nodes he has would also be connected to the 2nd router. He will have a total of 4 computers on the 2nd router so ill have to buy a router that has a switch that supports more than one node per port right? Now how should i configure these routers so people can access the webserver but not the other nodes on the home network. The 2nd routers nodes on the home network must be able to use the internet connection (surf web, download files). Well that should be it with hardware configs, now about the server.

2. Can this webserver be able to respond to more than one domain name? Like lets say we have 3 clients that want their own domain name. If they told us the name they wanted and we handled getting a hold of the domain name, can we setup the server to be able to send the correct webpage? Also, will i have to set anything speical on te 1st router that the webserver is connected to?

Thanks, sorry if i wasnt 100% clear and i am also buying a book on 2k server so that will help too... Drew

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you can't host a web server at all with most home grade broadband services, and charging for it would most likely incur legal action. You must get business grade, and see what is involved in charging by asking the ISP

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Yah i was worried about that. Cause then the ISP would lose a lot of bandwidth to someone who isnt paying a whole lot... I think im just going to get them windows 2000 server and use a single router. Subnets, changing a couple ports if possible and making the server the primary domain controller should be enough to keep most of the hackers out... Ill prolly think of some other stuff later like ntfs... Anyone else got an idea?

drew

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yo chicken,

1. what the heck are you talking about with 2 routers? just setup one router and filter port 80 thru to your server. make sure you have all WindowsUpdates and run IISLockdown on the server. that will be fine.

2. as long as the router has NAT enabled, ppl won't be able to see your internal network. most routers today will support 254 computers. this is because the router has a DCHP server giving out IPs in a class C subnet (ie. 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.254). So, you could essentially hook up 254 computers to this network using additional SWITCHES, not hubs. But, I would disable DHCP server on the router and run one on the Win2k server, so you have more control over the IP allocation. ppl will be able to access the internet either way, as long as the internal IP of the router is the gateway on the client machines (as well as the server).

3. Yes, the server can support more than one domain. I currently have my email and website hosted on my ATT cable. I use dyndns.org for my dns for each domain, which allows me to dynamically update my IP whenever it changes with ATT (this happens whenever the do a network reconfig or if my cable is down and someone else gets my WAN IP). You can setup host header names on the win2k box to accept connections from each site (ie. www.yourdomain.com, www.yourotherdomain.com).

4. ATT cable or any residential ISP gives you a limited amount of bandwidth. (I have 25kbytes up). If you are only expecting 100 hits a day and you aren't going to do any heavy multimedia on the site, then you should be "OK", but I would say, go get a cheap hosting place and just send everything to do them.

5. Do a search on google for any terms you don't recognize.

6. Buy that win2k server book.

Reply to mattg1000

Yah i got the book yesterday so with your post and the book, all my questions are answered

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