by Peter Bowen.
Rather than setting up on each machine, why not pick one machine, set up the server on that, and then point each machine to that computer.
A moodle "Server", although preferred, does not actually need a server class machine - just any Wintel compatible machine. Preferably running Linux of some sort, although Windows workstation can be done with some modification. I have an old workstation at home where I am playing and setting things up - and it does the job fine.