If you add entries for your sites in your local "hosts" file, the DNS lookup
will be skipped and you can then test using the domain names. of course,
for your site to be generally available, you will need to add the DNS
entries as Keith stated.
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Keith Parkansky
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 4:13 PM
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> Subject: Re: DNS entry - multi IP-based vhosts
>
>
> Your "DNS entry" is not something that
> is contained in the conf file. In order
> to find a host by name you have to enter
> a zone record on a DNS server. The DNS
> servers scattered around the Internet are
> what translate domain names to IP addresses.
>
> When you registered the domain names with
> a registrar (such as Network Solutions) you
> had to enter the host names and IP addresses
> for two DNS servers for each domain name
> (primary and secondary DNS servers).
>
> If you are not running your own DNS servers,
> you will have to have someone enter the
> zone records for you on their DNS servers
> I had our DSL provider enter the zone
> records for our domains on their DNS
> servers for which they charged a one-time
> $25 fee. It can take 48 to 72 hours for
> the DNS information to propogate to global
> DNS servers.
>
> --
> Keith Parkansky
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