Cannot Access Domain Name From Internal Network

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Derek Timothy

Hi folks,

Probably not a Win2000 problem, but I'm pretty sure that a lot of the users
on this newgroup will have tried something similar and may be able to help.

I have set up a web server at home on my DSL connection behind my
router/firewall. On the router I have directed all IP traffic for my domain
name/IP address to the internal address of my Win2000 server. So if anyone
on the outside world goes to http://www.myserver.com (not the actual domain
name) they automatically redirect to my internal server and it works great.

Only problem is when I try to access the domain name or external IP from
another pc on the internal network it will not resolve. I can, of course,
access the resources by using the local machine name but I am sure that
there must be a way to access by domain name.

Obviously this is not urgent but I would be very interested to know how to
fix.

Many thanks in advance.

Best Regards,
Derek
 
Hi folks,

I have figured it out, just add an entry to the "Hosts" files of the
machines on the internal network

e.g. :

10.0.0.10 www.myserver.com #My Web Server

Hope it helps other who want to do the same thing.

All the best,
Derek
 
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