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hosts file and NTL
I have been given a domain name along with an IP address that is to be inserted into my hosts file within my System32/Drivers/etc dir. The reason is for me to view my website home page on a different server.
www.example.com Original Domain example.com new domain with an IP address in the hosts file. I have entered the IP address and its related domain name into the hosts file and have tested this using a BT connection †“ this works fine. My web browser redirects me to the new server home page as expected. However when I try the very same using my NTL connection, it doesnââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t work. It redirects me to the original domain. I suspected there was an issue with NTL and contacted their Tech Support. They couldnââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t give me a solid explanation and suggested that the reason maybe because of NTL supplying a non-fixed IP Address. Has anyone experienced a similar problem? If so, how did you resolve it? Many thanks Steve |
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Ho Rob
thanks for your reply! My Main website is hosted in USA. And I use www.buyitinwales.com to access it as normal. I have a different hosting company who has made a duplicate of my home page. To access this particular page (from MY pc only) I have been given an IP address and the following domain neme: buyitinwales.com (without the www) an inserted this into my hosts file. As I mentioned earlier this works fine on a BT connection. It redirects me to the new hosting area as expected. When using NTL it continues to direct me to the normal area. Thanks again Steve |
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In which case I'd suspect an ntl proxy issue. ntl aren't seeing a difference in the IP names of the two sites. Don't know how you would get round that.
You are sure your PC isn't caching any data - force a refresh (Ctrl-F5 using IE)? |
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You can't do it on ntl, simple as that.
Requests for a domain are intecepted by the proxy - which does it's own dns lookup on the domain, so what's in your hosts file is irrelevnt, ignored. You could create a hosts file pointing every domain at 1.2.3.4 and web browsing would still work ...... * This only applies to http / port 80 requests. It will work as expected for https, or http on ports other than 80. |
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Eh! How come pointing ad (and porn) domain names at 127.0.0.1 works (i.e. blocks access) then?
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Because that is happening on your internal network, if you sent the request out on port 80 then it would be served correctly.
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Ok... Would it be fair to say that there is NO solution for my little problem?
Is there not a workaround or something? Cheers Steve :dunce: |
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Ah! #4 under transparent proxy. Thanks Paul.
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