AIM

To give knowledge and understanding on theorem and application of basic computer network.

OBJECTIVES
Objectives of this lab activity are: 1. Be familiar with the computer networking especially on web server. 2. Be able to use Windows 7 as a Network Operating System.

THEORY
Internet Information Services (IIS) is an extensible Web Server and FTP Server developed by Microsoft for use with Windows NT family. IIS currently supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SMTP, and NNTP. It has been included in Windows NT family since Windows NT 4.0 but not all editions of Windows included with this feature such as Windows XP Home edition. IIS is not a part of default feature turned on when Windows is installed. It can be accessed through the Microsoft Management Console or Administrative Tools in the Control Panel. With IIS, users can setup their own website, setup a test website, or develop an intranet for their organisation. Windows 7 Professional includes a limited feature version of IIS as it is not a part of server class operating system. However, its limited function will still allow users to do a lot for free from their workstation even though not as flexible as using a full server version. Setting up IIS on Windows 7 will be a good practise for users if they want to grow and eventual manage servers. The latest version of IIS is IIS 8.5 which included in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.1 with extra features like Idle worker-Process page-out, Dynamic Site Activation, Enhanced Logging, ETW logging, and Automatic Certificate Rebind. Among all the versions, IIS also has a express version that is IIS 7.5 Express. IIS7.5 Express is available as a standalone freeware server and may be installed on Windows XP with Service Pack 3 and subsequent versions of Microsoft Windows. IIS 7.5 Express only supports the HTTP and HTTPS protocols.

OBSERVATION OF PROCEDURE
1. Create web server on Windows 7 a. Open Control Panel and select Uninstall a Program.

b. Select Turn Windows Features On or Off at the left side of the window and one dialog box will appear then wait for a while.

c. Set the features as shown in the screenshot below. Click the + sign to expand the each category.

d. Wait for several minutes for Windows to make the changes.

e. After it is finished, launch a browser and go to the address http://127.0.0.1 or http://localhost to test the IIS. If successful, the browser will show the IIS7 logo as in the screenshot below.

f. Click on Start, and type inetmgr to launch the IIS Manager.

g. Launch Microsoft Office Word 2010, type in Hello World! and save it as Web Page with index as the file name.

h. Right-click Default Web Site and select Add Virtual Directory. A new Window will popup then.

i. Fill in the Alias box with tutorial and browse the folder that we saved the index.html file. Click on OK.

j. Now the Virtual Directory appears under the Default Web Site file-tree.

k. To test whether in is configured smoothly, right-click on the tutorial, go to Manage Virtual Directory and select Browse.

l. Web browser will open up the localhost link as shown in the screenshot below.

2. Creating FTP server in Windows 7 a. Right click your PC name (the topmost of the file-tree) and choose Add FTP Site.

b. Follow the setting as in the three screenshots below.

c. A new FTP site will appears under Sites folder-tree.

d. Test your server by typing ftp://127.0.0.1 or ftp://localhost in the address bar of your browser. If all configured smoothly, youll get the screenshot below.

e. To add a new folder to your FTP site, right-click tutorialftp and select Add Virtual Directory.

DISCUSSION 1. What advantages of using IIS as a web server? - Reduce cost of deployment per user. End users of an IIS application use only a web browser, no special software needed to be installed on their computers host and configure a web server. - Access to a broad audience. IIS applications work with a wide variety of browsers and operating systems, so you can easily reach a wide audience whether in your local network or through the Internet. - Separation of code and HTML. Unlike scripting, your code is not embedded in the HTML document, so you can separate the process of designing the applications user interface from writing, testing, and debugging its code. 2. List down 2 other types of web server. - Jigsaw - W3C's Server. Comes from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). it is open source and can run on various platforms like Linux, Unix, Windows, Mac OS X, Free BSD and etc. Jigsaw has been written in Java and can run CGI scripts and PHP programs. - Sun Java System Web Server. This web server is developed by Sun Microsystems is suited for medium and large websites. Though the server is free, it is not open source. It can runs in Windows, Linus, and Unix platforms.

CONCLUSION As a conclusion, we finally know about the concept and the theory of web server. After following this assignment, we become familiar with the computer networking especially on web server and be able to use Windows 7 as a Network Operating System.