stallion5000
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Network domain and website have the same name. Cant access the website
I have a 12 computer network with a domain name of romatilesupply.com, computers are running windows 2000 and windows xp and a server that is running windows 2003 server. I also have a website that is being hosted off site that is also called romatilesupply.com. My problem is that on the windows 2000 computers I can view the website but on the windows xp and the server I can not. Now the server is not a big deal because I use that for admin purposes only but the XP computers need access to the website. I really do not want to redo the network with a different domain name, there must be a way to get these computers to view this website. Please help.
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Freya28
the above is your solution
Yeah you should create a new a(host) record as mentioned above for a quick fix. Ultimately, you should think about changing your domain name internally to something else like romatilesupply.local
What happens is when you create a special static A(host) everything is all fine and dandy....UNTIL the web hosting company changes the IP address of your website. Then one day you won't be able to access the website again and have to go and find the new IP address of your website. It may not happen for years...but your webhosting company is bound to change the IP address.
Hope this helps and makes sense.
What happens is when you create a special static A(host) everything is all fine and dandy....UNTIL the web hosting company changes the IP address of your website. Then one day you won't be able to access the website again and have to go and find the new IP address of your website. It may not happen for years...but your webhosting company is bound to change the IP address.
Hope this helps and makes sense.
i dont think that would be a problem for him. they usually dont just change your ip without you knowing, if even at all thay do.
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Excellent that solved the problem!
ThanQ
Sorry to say freya, I don't agree with you. I've experienced this a few times with two different web hosting companies; i've never been notified. Granted, they may only change the IP address once a year. But the IP address most likely WILL change eventually. Per RFC, the DNS clients need to contact the authoritative DNS server for that domain. With a static DNS entry your not contacting the authoritative DNS server. This is ultimately the correct way.
Glad that worked for you. If you happen to do some server upgrades in the future, i strongly recommend you do some DNS planning.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=254680
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=254680