When you use host headers the Webserver is aware that IP has Host based sites and looks in the Headers to determine which site to send the request to. If it is an IP based site it wouldn't matter when the DNS resolves for the domain it would only request on that IP address.
As for DNS you should have a records built this way xyzdomain.com A record 192.168.1.1 www CNAME xyzdomain.com Only downside is in an SSL enviroment you need to be able to redirect to https://www.xyzdomain.com cause https://xyzdomain.com will throw invalid cert error to the browser. ~Eric On 8/8/06, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > as long as the DNS server was configured > > to resolve both hostnames to the same IP address, > > This is the part I don't get...as I stated in another email I just sent, > (sorry about the crossed mail) I don't understand how the server > would know which of the multiple sites I'm hosting to route a request > if there are no host headers and all sites share a single IP? > > What's the server mechanism that would route the traffic for > different domain names? > > Even if I could get the A records for different domains with CNAME's > pointing to them in the DNS, how would the server know what to do > with the traffic once is received the request? > > Rick > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249226 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
