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thanks for your help. I will follow your advice. regards. 
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thanks for your help. I will follow your advice. regards.

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Glad to be able to help. &nbsp;Thanks for the A.
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Glad to be able to help.  Thanks for the A.

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Hello there, <br />
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I would appreciate some guidances to ensure i don't go completely wrong. <br />
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I have installed windows small business server 2000. i have a fixed ip address, lets say is<br />
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<a href="http://XX.XX.XXX.XX1" rel="ugc">http://XX.XX.XXX.XX1</a>, i went to whatismyip.com to confirm this. <br />
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The server has a ip address which is 192.168.X.XX<br />
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I want to simple test the servers ability to serve up pages. <br />
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i have a firewall and have configured port to 80. <br />
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Please tell me the steps required so i do not inadvertently provide a hole in security to the server. <br />
<br />
Thanks. 
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Hello there, 

I would appreciate some guidances to ensure i don't go completely wrong. 

I have installed windows small business server 2000. i have a fixed ip address, lets say is

http://XX.XX.XXX.XX1, i went to whatismyip.com to confirm this. 

The server has a ip address which is 192.168.X.XX

I want to simple test the servers ability to serve up pages. 

i have a firewall and have configured port to 80. 

Please tell me the steps required so i do not inadvertently provide a hole in security to the server. 

Thanks. 

access to server

A web server refers to the software that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed either through the Internet or through an intranet. The primary function of a web server is to store, process and deliver web pages to clients. The communication between client and server takes place using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The most common use of web servers is to host websites, but there are other uses such as gaming, data storage, running enterprise applications, handling email, FTP, etc.