How do you go about running a dedicated server? I've always wanted to do something like that, but whenever I even try and set up a webserver on my XP machine, it doesn't work. I've worked with xampp which has worked for me previously on my XP Home laptop, and I even had people connecting to it from outside my intranet at home.
However, on my new computer, it's still got XP Home (SP2 now) but when I install xampp, I can hardly even view local php pages....I've noticed that the xampp I just recently installed is a much newer version than the previous one I had that worked, so possibly that could be causing it?
Anyway, what software are you using for your server? I'm guessing you've set up a linux distro.