Intranet

First of all, you'll need a Web server. If you are an NT shop, it probably makes the most sense to go with IIS; otherwise I prefer Apache on either Linux or NT. The cost is similar either way - IIS is free with NT Server and Apache is free under all circumstances. If you go Apache on Linux, you'll save the server license fee for the NT.

Second, you'll need to make sure the desktops are ready by having a browser and IP addressing. If you want to be able to call up the Intranet site by a name, you'll have to have a DNS server running somewhere on the network.

Then it will just be a matter of creating the Intranet site and populating it with the information that you wish to publish. If you use IIS for your server, you can use FrontPage to do the initial Web design or there are dozens of other tools for Web site creation out there.

I realize this is only a start but please inquire further if you have more specific questions.

paul

If you just want an Intranet a group of
users ( no remote sites ) within your LAN,
all you need is a Windows 98 workstation
running Personal Web Server ( on the 98 CD ).

Set up the Web Server Folder as a shared drive, and give Read permission to "everyone". Create a web page called index.html, which links all subsequent pages in the folder, and setup a shortcut or bookmark for each user.

Instead of accessing via Tcp/IP, your users will see the webpages address as

\\ComputerA\Webpages\index.html ( or however you want the naming convention to go )

If you have remote sites, and both they and your local site have internet access, then
you simply access the web server via the
tcp/ip address of the server... ie put in
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx in the address line.

No need for DNS servers, unless having a name
like mycompany.com is REALLY important.

This is just the basics... a web page that other users can read/see. If you have a NT workstation or server, you already own IIS.

NT 4.0 server comes with FrontPage, which will give you cgi-scripting, etc, depending on how much you want to invest in time and effort.

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