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With Windows 2003 Server Web Edition setup and functioning I am trying to use host headers to resolve on the LAN in order to ease testing of web applications. &nbsp;So far I have verified that the server is working via port settings - i.e. - sitea:81 &amp;&nbsp;siteb:82 - and so forth, but I a am trying to get the sites to resolve such as <a href="http://sitea.servername" rel="ugc">http://sitea.servername</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a href="http://siteb.servername" rel="ugc">http://siteb.servername</a>.<br />
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I have setup a DNS host entry resolving servername to its IP address on the LAN. &nbsp;I have entered host headers in IIS in the format sitea.servername as well as sitea - neither has allowed me to successfully resolve to any of the development sites locally, even after running an ipconfig /flushdns.<br />
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PLEASE HELP!!!<br />

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With Windows 2003 Server Web Edition setup and functioning I am trying to use host headers to resolve on the LAN in order to ease testing of web applications.  So far I have verified that the server is working via port settings - i.e. - sitea:81 & siteb:82 - and so forth, but I a am trying to get the sites to resolve such as http://sitea.servername & http://siteb.servername.

I have setup a DNS host entry resolving servername to its IP address on the LAN.  I have entered host headers in IIS in the format sitea.servername as well as sitea - neither has allowed me to successfully resolve to any of the development sites locally, even after running an ipconfig /flushdns.

PLEASE HELP!!!


how to use Host Headers in an IIS web dev environment

A web server refers to the software that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed either through the Internet or through an intranet. The primary function of a web server is to store, process and deliver web pages to clients. The communication between client and server takes place using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The most common use of web servers is to host websites, but there are other uses such as gaming, data storage, running enterprise applications, handling email, FTP, etc.