The most easily way to set up a HTTP for simple simulation

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Introduction

This document is trying to introduce an easy way to setup a HTTP server on Windows for simple simulation such as lab trial.

Normally, if we do some test in the lab, we need to add some HTTP server on the internet side. In order to setup a HTTP server, of course we have many kinds of ways to finish it, for example, we can use OUTLINE, which is the Ericsson tool, to simulate a HTTP server but unfortunately, we cannot use the OUTLINE to be a HTTP file server. Here I recommend a software named HFS, which is very simple and powerful to setup your own HTTP File server.

Here is the official link of the HFS server: http://rejetto.com/hfs/

Precedure                 

Setup the server please follow the following procedure.

1. download the HFS server software and install on your laptop
2. open it, you can see the HFS has its own directory tree and you are in the esay mode. You can easily to add some files or images under its root directory. Of course you can create your own directory tree and files system.
3. configure the ip address to your own PC’s net card.
4. configure the listen port as your test plan.
5. After that, you can use the self test tool for selftest
6. Add backroute on your laptop to get reach to the user side.

Under the windows environment use the cmd by adminstritor:

route add xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx metric xx

Then your own HTTP server is setup, that’s easy, huh!