Does your problem have anything to do with this statement found in http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/rewrite/remapping.html mod_rewrite evaluates the left-hand-side of the RewriteRule before it evaluates the RewriteCond directives. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Arnold [mailto:carnold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:20 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Rewrite Rule Help (again) In the event anyone comes across this, i got this to work using the following: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^update.domain.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^/$ http://private.ip.address [R,L] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Arnold" <carnold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 9:37:30 PM Subject: Re: Rewrite Rule Help (again) >You've been already given the answer by Eric what else do you need? Read mod_rewrite manual and combine RewriteCond and RewriteRule >commands thats all you need to do. Igor,i have read the rewrite guide and tried what i thought was needed. Which i have repeated here more than 1 time but this time i will show what i tried from the guide: Move Homedirs to Different Webserver Description: Many webmasters have asked for a solution to the following situation: They wanted to redirect just all homedirs on a webserver to another webserver. They usually need such things when establishing a newer webserver which will replace the old one over time. Solution: The solution is trivial with mod_rewrite. On the old webserver we just redirect all /~user/anypath URLs to http://newserver/~user/anypath. RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^/~(.+) http://newserver/~$1 [R,L] And here is how i have altered it to fit what i need: RewriteRule ^/$ http://192.168.123.2/ [L] This just leaves me at the webserver. I have also tried what others have suggested here and replied with the results. BTW, the solution Igor is referring to, does anyone have that email and can post it (send it to me) as i seem to have lost that email. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx