----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek D. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "GNHLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 5:06 PM Subject: Re: Apache server attbi question
> I believe what causes this is that the router forwards the source IP > and port (that of the client) to the virtual host as-is (i.e. it does > not NAT the client). Since the IP address is internal, the server > sends the traffic to it directly, rather than back through the router. > The client is expecting a reply from www.myhost.com, but the return > traffic appears to come from 192.168.x.x instead of www.myhost.com, so > the IP stack throws it out. > Yes that makes sense. Thanks. The way we get around it here is to have a "DNS" entry in the local hosts file for each machine: www.myhost.com 192.168.1.x This overrides the external reference for that host and uses the internal IP address. Therefore, all references to www.myhost.com/directory are resolved properly. Rich Cloutier President, C*O SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
