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Okay I searched for the hosts file in XP but it is not
there anywhere!
Here is a section of the httpd.config file that I may have
wrong:
# ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses
to identify itself.
# This can often be determined automatically, but we
recommend you specify
# it explicitly to prevent problems during
startup.
#
# If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP
address here.
#
#ServerName localhost
ServerName
10.0.0.101
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: Help - Name Server - Maybe
> For the last 6 months I have fiddled around trying to make
Apache connect to
> the web or the web connect to Apache. It does
just fine on my home network
> when I type in localhost! But if I
type in www.michaelsrogers.com it
>
doesn't work.
>
> The address above is associated with the name
server
> somkey.montanavision.net and the Apache is on my home
computer. I am
> running XP Home SP3, and there a router between
me, and the web.
>
On windows, search for a file called hosts, it
should be in a place
like C:\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (I dont have a
windows box so Im
not sure if this is exactly where to find it).
The
contents of the hosts file should look
like:
127.0.0.1
localhost
This says that that 'localhost' is an alias for the IP number
127.0.0.1
You will want to create another entry in this file that also
points to
the IP number 127.0.0.1, so that your your file looks
like:
127.0.0.1
localhost
127.0.0.1 www.michealrogers.net
You might
also want to include
127.0.0.1
michealrogers.net (in case you ever want to type the
URL without the
www).
Alternatively, you can put all of this on one
line:
127.0.0.1 localhost
michealrogers.net www.michealrogers.net
The thing
to note about this hack is that your name server is never
contacted in
order to do the IP to domain name translation.
This should allow you to see
your website, hosted on your home
computer, from home, using your domain
name rather than localhost.
Hope that
helps.
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