On 1/28/2010 1:15 PM, Matthew Smith wrote: > In the past I just had one machine. I ran apache on it. I modified the > hosts file to point aliases to the local box. > > 127.0.0.1 mysite_com So in my browser, I could type in: mysite_com > (underscore instead of dot) and bring up the site. Now I have a new box > running windows 7 that will be the machine I use for dev. I have > assigned the server a static Ip of 192.168.1.2 and the computer name > "server". > > I have modified the conf file to listen to ip 192.168.1.2 I have tried > to modify the hosts file on the win 7 machine with the following > different things: server mysite_com \\server mysite_com > 192.168.1.2 mysite_com All of these fail to bring up the site. I can > remote desktop to the machine via its ip or name. What am I doing wrong? The hosts file is only for the local machine. It does not redirect to another machine nor work on any other machine. -- Yours In Christ, PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want.
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