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 Topic: Works live but not local |
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gleamthecube
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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 Posted: Tue 07 Apr '09 21:36 Post subject: Works live but not local |
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I setup a Apache server for someone on a dedicated machine to host their site. The site comes up with http://localhost and with the IP to the server machine. But will not work with the actual URL.
If I test to see if the site is working outside of the network it works fine, from both the URL and the servers IP address.
Any ideas of what is wrong? |
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James Blond
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Location: EU, Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Wed 08 Apr '09 10:42 Post subject: |
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| How did you set up the DNS inside youir LAN? I guess outside there is a external DNS server which point to your WAN IP? |
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gleamthecube
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| Posted: Thu 09 Apr '09 2:27 Post subject: |
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| Yeah the DNS is external, how do I know if I set up the DNS inside my LAN? |
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James Blond
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| Posted: Thu 09 Apr '09 17:20 Post subject: |
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If there a just a few PCs in your network you can edit the hosts[1] file and add there the right DNS name for the server on each client (not on the server)
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192.168.100.1 server.tld
192.168.100.1 www.server.tld
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If there are more than a few PCs you need to set up a DNS server in your LAN. if you are in a company in inside a network domain from a windows server your administrator can set up the DNS.
[1]H:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
a file with NO extension (edit only with notepad) |
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