Now that you have your WebSTAR server running, you need to use client applications to try it out. A client is simply an application that requests data from a server: web browsers can be clients for Web (HTTP/HTTPS), FTP and Proxy servers and their message components can be clients of the Mail server. WebSTAR is compatible with browsers on all platforms. There are also stand-alone FTP clients (such as Anarchie and Fetch on the Macintosh), and email clients (such as Eudora, Mailsmith and Emailer): your server should be compatible with clients on Mac, Windows, Unix and other platforms.
WebSTAR is compatible with all Web browsers, FTP clients, and email programs which follow the Internet standards.
WebSTAR comes with a simple set of web pages, so you can try out your server right away. Once you've tested it, you'll want to set up your own Web pages and files, and let other people try it out. You can test on the server machine, or using any machine that has access to your server machine.
If you don't know the name or IP address of your server, open the TCP/IP control panel. If you see an active field labeled "IP Address", write down that number. You can also ask your Network Administrator about the host name.
If you do not have an IP address, see Local Testing With a Temporary IP Address before connecting.
http://www.domain.com/
If you don't have a static IP address, see Local Testing With a Temporary IP Address .
When you first access your server, you'll see the default home page, which describes how to access other sites and the WebSTAR documentation. Go ahead and open the WebSTAR manual. It includes this book, additional materials and links to the StarNine web site. We hope you'll find it useful as you work with your server.
If you have trouble accessing the server, you can still read the HTML documentation in your browser software. Use the "Open File" command to open the ws4manual.html file in the Documentation folder locally. .