A little-known fact about the Web is how easy it is to set up your own website. Instead of paying someone to host your website or using an ad-supported provider, you can host it yourself. Though it takes more time to set up, it has the advantages of being free and more flexible than other solutions.

Open start-Click Run-type cmd-press OK- type ipconfig/all-press enter

Write down the shown IP address,subnet mask,default gateway and DNS servers. You will need them for later.

Open up the network connections folder.

Right click the internet connection you use and select properties.

Scroll through that menu until you see Internet protocol. Highlight it and click properties.

Click use the following IP address. If it is already checked, you do not need to continue until step 10.

Next enter the info you copied down, but the last digit of the IP address should be different than the one you copied down.

Click OK.

If you get a message saying IP address is already in the network, choose a different last number.

Try connecting to the internet. Did it work? If it didn't work, contact your Internet Service Provider. Because this problem is the DNS servers. They will be able to tell you which DNS servers to use.

You have completed the first step which is to setup a static address. Please note: This usually requires a router to do. The reason being, you are just giving your router a static IP. If you do not have a router, you need to pay for a static IP from your ISP.

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Follow the steps at this video and you are good to go.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-y7r...e_with_apache/

video and you are good to go. :