On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 14:01, Lane Lester <[email protected]> wrote: > (Whoops! I originally sent this from the wrong email address. I hope this > one works.) > > My main motivation in having a server in my classroom is to provide > functionality when Internet access is not available to the LAN. A DSL > connection should be added to my network next week, but I know such > connections sometimes go down. So here's my question: > > If I assign a domain name to the server (under Virtual Server: default) that > also is hosted on a server on the Internet (I have space on a shared > server), will browsing to that domain URL go to the Internet server when the > Internet is up and to my local server when the Internet is down? > > Lane > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cherokee mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.octality.com/listinfo/cherokee > >
It depends on the DNS settings. If you have a DNS server pointing to the local machine as that domain, the computers using that DNS server will try that first. I also think that applies when you add it to the hosts file. If you do not run a local DNS server or add the machine to hosts files the domain won't resolve at all (without external DNS and Internet access). _______________________________________________ Cherokee mailing list [email protected] http://lists.octality.com/listinfo/cherokee
