setting up apache 2 on winxp

Hi,
I want to install apache 2 on winxp so I can teach myself php and mysql.

I have a static ip, but I dont have a domain name registered for it. So for
the time being I would like to serve pages on my static ip. eg
http://1.2.3.4/index.html should work across the internet (when I substitute
my actual static ip instead of 1.2.3.4)

When installing Apache it wants to know the Network Domain (eg somenet.com)
and the Server Name (eg www.somenet.com). What do I put there if I havent
registered for a fully qualified domain yet (and wont for some time) (I want
to develop the site properly first)?

I saw somewhere else that using mshome.net and <computername>.mshome.net
might do the trick.

Other suggestions I've seen are to use localhost as the server name, but
would I use that for the network domain as well?

I still want to be able to serve pages on the default port 80 so I can test
the site remotely.

Cheers
Simon

Just enter your IP address for the server name and network name.

Look through the httpd.conf and change these to your static IP
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| Hi,
| I want to install apache 2 on winxp so I can teach myself php and mysql.
|
| I have a static ip, but I dont have a domain name registered for it. So
for
| the time being I would like to serve pages on my static ip. eg
| http://1.2.3.4/index.html should work across the internet (when I
substitute
| my actual static ip instead of 1.2.3.4)
|
| When installing Apache it wants to know the Network Domain (eg
somenet.com)
| and the Server Name (eg www.somenet.com). What do I put there if I havent
| registered for a fully qualified domain yet (and wont for some time) (I
want
| to develop the site properly first)?
|
| I saw somewhere else that using mshome.net and <computername>.mshome.net
| might do the trick.
|
| Other suggestions I've seen are to use localhost as the server name, but
| would I use that for the network domain as well?
|
| I still want to be able to serve pages on the default port 80 so I can
test
| the site remotely.
|
| Cheers
| Simon
|
|
|