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Need to redirect a URL to take me to a link on the main page

Should be easy, but my 10-minute google search isn't netting any results and I am running out of time.

We are a school. I just put Destiny, our library software, on the internet. The external URL, which works fine, is library.MyDomain.com. Internally, we access Destiny over the network via its internal ip, 192.168.23.10. I just set up a second DNS primary zone for library.MyDomain.com, and now we can access Destiny by simply typing, "library."

The problem: the main page that comes up when we access Destiny is not a useful one. When I type in "library," rather than having the main page come up, I want to see one of the pages the main page links to. Specifically, I want "library" or 192.168.23.10 to redirect users to

library/quest/servlet/presentquestform.do?site=100

More info: Destiny is a service, so I didn't actually set up a website. I just pointed our external i.p. to the server internal i.p. and it works. IIS is not installed on the Destiny server.

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srsdtech

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That is my trouble. I was trying to find a way to do it with just DNS. I understand your response and it makes sense to me. I don't have time to perform the steps now, and I know I will be too busy tomorrow to monitor the thread. So I will mark this as "solved." Thank you!

baller119

I have run into this many times and I also wish DNS had this capability!