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I hate to throw cold water on your ambitions, but a 486 server is not suitable for any kind of webserver work. That is an old-fashioned fileserver, period. Anyone using Windows 98 for a webserver is totally nuts - you use Unix/Linux, NT/2000, or Novell, but a 486 can not run any of that except the old version of Novell that it probably has, which has no clue what TCP/IP is and is no longer supported by Novell. Your client has purchased a 10 year old fileserver that will never do anything except serve files on a LAN. Not only that, but a Compaq is as proprietary as it gets, and the only way to get into setup on that thing is with software.
Even if you were to run your own webserver, you still have to pay someone for your dedicated connection to the Internet, which costs a heck of a lot more a month than a hosting service with a secure server. You aren't going to run an e-commerce site off a $49 a month consumer grade broadband connection.
What to do with this old beast? Sell it to someone that needs a simple fileserver and knows how to deal with OLD network operating software and OLD Compaq iron.
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