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i have a workgroup networking with a 11 computers and one system acting as a server and i want to run a intranet on a workgroup and i using windows xp os in all pcs, so please guide me how to set a intranet on a windows xp based Environment.

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Practical checklist and a minimal plan for running an intranet on a Windows XP workgroup (11 clients, one server). Start by defining what the intranet must do (static HTML, shared documents, internal web apps or DB-backed pages) as suggested — a simple static site or file share is the easiest; a full web application needs a proper app stack. The “drop HTML into a server and share” observation from is accurate for simple sites, but there are platform limits and security trade-offs to note.

If the server is Windows XP Professional (IIS is not available on XP Home), enable IIS via Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Add/Remove Windows Components -> Internet Information Services (IIS). Drop static pages into the default webroot (C:\Inetpub\wwwroot), set NTFS/share permissions for the users/groups that should access content, then test locally with and from clients by IP. (scribd.com)

Network and firewall basics: assign the server a fixed LAN IP (for example 192.168.1.10). For simple name resolution, add an entry on each client’s hosts file (C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts), for example:

192.168.1.10   intranet-server

Open TCP port 80 in the Windows Firewall (Control Panel → Windows Firewall → Exceptions → Add Port) or add an exception for IIS; if behind a router forward port 80 to the server IP. (learn.microsoft.com)

Cautions and troubleshooting highlights: IIS 5.1 on XP Pro is limited (single web site and an automatic limit on concurrent inbound connections — commonly cited as about 10), so 11 users all accessing the site concurrently can hit capacity and see “too many users” errors. Windows XP is out of support (end-of-support April 8, 2014), so using it as a production intranet exposes the network to long-term security risk — for anything business-critical, migrate to Windows Server or a maintained Linux stack (Apache/Nginx + PHP/MySQL). (flylib.com)

Summary: for a small test/dev intranet the XP/IIS route will work if the server is XP Professional and usage is light; for reliability, concurrency, and security, choose a proper server OS or appliance.

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what do you want the intranet to do?

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i have a workgroup networking with a 11 computers and one system acting as a server and i want to run a intranet on a workgroup and i using windows xp os in all pcs, so please guide me how to set a intranet on a windows xp based Environment.

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Member Avatar for jbennet

old thread, should i split it into a new one?

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Split.

Member Avatar for bobbyraw

what is a split.

as long as you have all your document and web designs you put it on the server giving access to all internal user it's like hosting your own web site. similar to how you would create a file share for users.

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