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1. Can I do both on one server?
2. What kinda OS would I need?
3. If I run something like Windows Server 2003, can you still run other programs on this OS like F@H? IE7?
4. I know how the internet gets into the server (CAT5 cable to RJ45 LAN Port), but how do you get the internet out of the server? 2nd LAN Port?
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1. Yes, if the PC hosting is good enough.
2. Windows (as old as 95 have network shares) if you want to use Abyss, Linux is nice but hard to set up servers on.
3. I would just use basic Windows XP Home or even older ones like Win2k work fine.
4. Put the server on a router, just like your other PC's. The server will send requests through the router to local PC's (home server) and Internet (web server). You'll need to forward port 80 (HTTP) or 21 (FTP) for your Internet server, so that connecting through HTTP will work outside your local network.
I don't have all my stuff running from one PC though.
Cable Modem
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Router -> Parents' Desktop; -))) (((-My Laptop [WiFi]; My PDA [WiFi]
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5-Port Switch -> Pentium 133MHz Win95 Web Server
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Pentium MMX 200MHz FTP Server; My Room Desktop (also acts as my "home server" as it has a big 120GB storage hard drive); My Basement Desktop (Compaq, runs FAH and probably my main PC)
I recommend getting a domain at
No-IP - Dynamic DNS, Static DNS for Your Dynamic IP for your web server, this gives you an actual .com address instead of just your IP. I have a 2-PC server setup (both old Pentium 1's). One runs Abyss Web Server on Windows 95 (
CalcProgrammer1's Web Page) and the other runs a private FTP server (War-FTP daemon server).