To easily implement chat within the LAN, the first thing you need to do is to install the Chat Anywhere tool software on the LAN server; before installing the tool, you can download it at /Soft/Soft_3264.htm Obtain the installation program of this tool software, and then double-click it with the mouse to start the installation of the chat service; during the installation process, you almost do not need to make any settings, as long as you click the "next" button all the way, the tool will automatically Complete various service configurations and automatically complete other aspects of installation tasks. After the installation operation is completed, double-click the "chat anywhere" shortcut icon on the system desktop. In the interface shown in Figure 1, you will see that the program has created several chat rooms of different categories by default. Select the one you think is appropriate. Chat room name, and then click the "OK" button to start the chat service in the server.

Of course, if the web server has been set up and started on your server, a service port conflict message may appear when starting the intranet chat service. This is because the intranet chat server is in the default state. Port 80 is also used below; in this case, you can specify another service port number for the intranet server in the port conflict prompt window shown in Figure 2. For example, here the service specified by the author for the intranet chat server The port number is "8009". After clicking the "OK" button, you need to restart the intranet chat server.