>>I am a newbie with Windows 2000 server and IIS...
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>>I've installed Windows 2000 and IIS on a PC, during the setup I wasn't asked for an IP. In looking for a place to input an IP, I went into network properties as follows:
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>>If right-click on network neighbourhood, then select properties, no connections are shown. If I double-click on "make a new connection", none of the options seem appropriate. They are:
>>Dial-up to a private network
>>Dial-up to the internet
>>Connect to a private network through the internet
>>Accept incoming connections
>>Connect directly to another computer.
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>>I guess my real question here is, does anyone know of step by step instructions on how to set up Windows 2000 server with IIS as a web server.
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>I was using Win 2000 Server, but rebuilt the machine with Win 2000 pro to save money of software. I seem to remember this part being the same. This is how you set your IP address in Win 2000 pro.
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>Control Panel
>Network and Dial up Connections
>Right click on the adapter
>Select the TCP / IP protocol
>Then the Propeties button
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>I'm not at the PC I'm running IIS on, but I rememeber it being pretty straight forward. However, I had borrowed a friend of mines copy of the MS 2000 and IIS 5 pocket guide and followed it step by step. All I had to look at was a few pages. These site might help you some.
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;iis50>
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q324090>
>Hope it helps
Thanks Kenneth. It appears my NIC isn't set up properly, since it isn't showing on the "Network and Dial up Connections" screen.