Newbie Guide to Setting up Your Own Apache Server on Windows

Nebuchadnazzar · Apr 2, 2004

hmm... I set up Serv-U for my site:
http://Nebuch.no-ip.com
but the ftp part isn't working on other computers, just a "page cannot be displayed" error comes up. i can access my ftp from the server itself but not from any other computers. i have port 21 opened. The ftp is ftp://nebuch.no-ip.com
Thanks in advance

diggingforgold · Apr 2, 2004

Browsers access FTP with the username "anonymous", so if there is no anonymous user setup, they will get nothing. Serv-U settings can be messed with in the Serv-U Admin Panel (Start>Programs>Serv-U>Admin OR by double clicking on the green U on your taskbar).

1) Create a new user under yoururl.no-ip.com server.
2) Username should be "anonymous" without quotes.
3) If it asks for a password- dont put anything in (if you put in anonymous correctly it wont ask for a password).
4) The directory will be somewhere in the WWW folder.
5) Check the directory access priviledges, and ensure that it is not giving them any other priviledges other than READ and LIST and INHERIT.
6) Save settings and give it a test. If it works, let me know and I will include this in the guide

. Thanks!

If you want to test my anonymous access- go to ftp://jeffsrig.no-ip.com. It is linked to the HTTP url: http://jeffsrig.no-ip.com/oc/ . It will give you a list of all the files im hosting for the classifieds (and for my oc-forums use). But you will not be able to write or alter any of the files contents or names.

Nebuchadnazzar · Apr 3, 2004

alright i set it up and the ftp site seems to be working... seeing as my friends are sending me obscene files

but for some reason my network computers can't access it. ATM it's all passworded, i **do not**<<=(Edit) have anonymous user enabled.

diggingforgold · Apr 4, 2004

Can other computers on your network visit your regular HTTP site? Try connecting to your FTP server using your internal ip address. Example: ftp://192.168.0.101:21

EDIT: remove the :21 if you are using a FTP client.

Nebuchadnazzar · Apr 4, 2004

yea the 2 computers on the network can see the http site but can't open the ftp site, even if i use the local ip address. would it matter what operating system im using and what file system?
My server is XP pro(ntfs) and my network computers are running fat32 winME and 98SE.

diggingforgold · Apr 4, 2004

It really shouldn't matter as far as file systems go, or operating systems. If your friends outside your network can access it, you should be able to access it in your LAN also. Thats wierd...

When you say you cant see it, do you mean via a browser, or through an FTP client. Some browsers won't let you access FTP unless you have anonymous access enabled. But with a username and password, the in-LAN computers should be able to see it with any client (such as smartftp).

I'm just not too sure what the problem is... This will probably not make a difference, but try opening port 21 and see what happens...

Sucka · Apr 8, 2004

Ok, now that i got this working i have a quick question.

How many extra services does this produce total? I have like an extra 7 things boot with windows now, 3 new services in msconfig, and 3 programs....this is normal?

diggingforgold · Apr 9, 2004

Extra services... apache, mysql, no-ip (or duc20.exe), and serv-u ftp server... Those should be the only extra services installed, to my knowledge, and all of them should be running as services too, if possible.

Which other ones are new?

Sucka · Apr 9, 2004

i've got mysqld.exe, 2 x apache.exe (why i dunno), servuadmin.exe, servudaemon.exe, servutray.exe (cause i have that up atm.

diggingforgold · Apr 9, 2004

Yup, all that is good. One apache.exe will take up less resources than the other. Don't ask me why there are two lol, mine has the same thing.

Radical · Apr 14, 2004

This may be a stupid question, but how much bandwidth can be used if you set up an Apache server? Does it depend on your ISP, or is it just unlimited? Thanks.

diggingforgold · Apr 16, 2004

Whatever your ISP supplies you with is what you can spit out to visitors. I'm only on a 2.0Mb down, 300Kb up connection, so based on that limit, visitors can only download at a maximum of 300kb/s. I've never been out of my network to test the speed, so I'm not positive on what my server can pump out yet.

Radical · Apr 16, 2004

Okay, that answers my question. Thanks.

diggingforgold · Apr 18, 2004

Sucka · Apr 25, 2004

How come i can only see files remotely with ftp:// and not http://, however on my LAN computers i can see http://... ? Am i missing something simple here, port forwarding?

diggingforgold · Apr 25, 2004

If you can see HTTP from inside your network but not outside, you probably haven't opened/forwarded port 80 (or whatever port you specified).

Sucka · Apr 26, 2004

Ok, so i go to the little "http://192.168.1.1" for my linksys router, go into the port forwarding section, and it asks a range for forwarding, the ip, protocol, ect... i enter in 80 (cox.net ISP). Now what am i missing here?

k9oky · May 6, 2004

pko/c · May 12, 2004

Why when i'm typing my website address i'm redirected to my router configuration page?

Kendan · May 12, 2004

pko/c said:
Why when i'm typing my website address i'm redirected to my router configuration page?

forward port 80 to the computer running apache.

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