BULLSEYE!!! Ping worked on all three. So I said to myself, "Self, he's got to be spot on, but I don't have a proxy - well I do, the SonicWall TZ-170, but it's setup to be transparent" Then I remembered that I also have Anonymizer, a service I bought long ago to protect myself from web attacks. That was it. As soon as I turned it off, everything worked! Now I'll try to find a way to exclude those web names.
Thanks so much for sticking with me. Anonymizer is so transparent, that I completely forgot about it! Best, -- Larry Email to rapp at lmr dot com On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:58:59 +1200, you wrote (with possible editing): >Have you tried to see if the hostnames can be resolved correctly? > > From a command prompt try to ping or do a host lookup (nslookup or >host) on the 3 names specified in the hosts file > >ie. > ping websites > >if this works then check to see if your browser is trying to use a web >proxy somewhere >Turn of your web proxy in the browser or setup an exclusion for those 2 >domain names to go directly before testing it > > > >Larry wrote: >> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:50:15 +1200, you wrote (with possible editing): >> >> >>> Just for a thought, make the hosts file look something like this: >>> >>> 127.0.0.1 localhost websites agendatest >>> >> >> http://websites/ yields "Proxy Error" >> http://localhost/ yields "Bad Gateway" >> >> >>> note the lowercase >>> >> >> Yes, I did. >> >> >>> and also for your apache config make sure you turn on Name based virtual >>> hosts >>> >> >> I did. >> >> >>> and use lowercase hostnames. >>> >> >> that, too. However, the Document Root says "C:/Websites" >> another says "C:/Websites/AgendaTest" both of which are the actual >> directories except for the "/" instead of "\". >> >> I tried using all lowercase there, but it didn't seem to make a >> difference. >> >> >>> read: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/name-based.html >>> for more info on setting up name based virtual hosts >>> >>> Also, the order in which the hosts file gets used in windows >>> applications depends on the function to do DNS resolution (there are at >>> least 2 and they use a different order with regards to hosts file and >>> DNS lookups) >>> >> >> This is what I think is the problem. It may be that I have to do a >> reboot after modifying the hosts file. I'll try that. >> >> >>> Finally, you probably won't need the following section in your config >>> >>> Alias /AgendaTest/ "C:/Websites/AgendaTest/" >>> >> >> Ok, I'll eliminate it. >> >> Thanks for the help! >> -- >> >> Larry >> Email to rapp at lmr dot com >> >> >>> >>> >>> Larry wrote: >>> >>>> Apache 2.0.47, PHP 4.3.4, MySQL 4 something. All installed on Win XP >>>> Pro SP2, 2 gig mem. >>>> >>>> I am trying to setup a testing server for Dreamweaver 8. Most of my >>>> work is in subdirectories of C:\Websites, for example >>>> C:\Websites\AgendaTest. I would like to use Apache with PHP as a >>>> testing server. I am getting confused between Virtual Hosts and >>>> Aliases. I thought that adding the lines: >>>> >>>> 127.0.0.1 Localhost >>>> 127.0.0.1 Websites >>>> 127.0.0.1 AgendaTest >>>> >>>> to Hosts in \Windows\System32\Drivers\etc in combination with virtual >>>> hosts in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf would >>>> do it, but I guess not. >>>> >>>> In httpd.conf I set up (at various places) >>>> Servername localhost:80 >>>> DocumentRoot "C:/Websites" >>>> <Directory "C:/Websites"> >>>> Alias /websites "C:/Websites/" >>>> <Directory "C:/Websites"> >>>> Options Indexes MultiViews >>>> AllowOverride None >>>> Order allow,deny >>>> Allow from all >>>> </Directory> >>>> Alias /AgendaTest/ "C:/Websites/AgendaTest/" >>>> <Directory "C:/Websites/AgendaTest"> >>>> Options Indexes MultiViews >>>> AllowOverride None >>>> Order allow,deny >>>> Allow from all >>>> </Directory> >>>> <VirtualHost *> >>>> DocumentRoot "C:/Websites" >>>> ServerName localhost >>>> </VirtualHost> >>>> <VirtualHost *> >>>> DocumentRoot "C:/Websites/AgendaTest" >>>> ServerName AgendaTest >>>> </VirtualHost> >>>> >>>> What am I screwing up here? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Larry >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. >>>> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
