----- 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




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