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Hi,

I just found in my win 2003 box, I setup a web site: www.xxx.com, and I can
access from internet, but can't access in the local machine IE window, after
I added the url and IP to host file, then works. Can someone explains this
to me? Please advice. Thanks.

 

Hello someone@js.com,

In your DNS server create a new zone xxx.com and an A record with name www
and the internal ip address.

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Meinolf Weber
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> Hi,
>
> I just found in my win 2003 box, I setup a web site: www.xxx.com, and
> I can access from internet, but can't access in the local machine IE
> window, after I added the url and IP to host file, then works. Can
> someone explains this to me? Please advice. Thanks.
>

 

I would guess he already has a domain xxx.com and just needs to add the www host
record. It is the presence of the xxx.com authorities zone without the www host
that prevents resolving the name to an IP.
Another point: you must set the IP = the one inside you firewall and not the
public IP of the site. They may be to same value but usually not. Your LAN will
use 10.x.x.x (or similar private address) and the public IP will be the external
IP of your firewall.


On Fri, 1 May 2009 20:28:22 +0000 (UTC), Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]
<meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote:

>Hello someone@js.com,
>
>In your DNS server create a new zone xxx.com and an A record with name www
>and the internal ip address.
>
>Best regards
>
>Meinolf Weber
>Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
>no rights.
>** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just found in my win 2003 box, I setup a web site: www.xxx.com, and
>> I can access from internet, but can't access in the local machine IE
>> window, after I added the url and IP to host file, then works. Can
>> someone explains this to me? Please advice. Thanks.
>>
>
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