Host website over local network

Posted by Mark Szymanski on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Mark Szymanski
Published on 2010-06-01T15:16:09Z Indexed on 2010/06/01 15:24 UTC
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Is it possible to host a website on the local network with a Windows XP computer as a host?

Also I would like to have the user have to login to access the website (just in case).

Thanks in advance!

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