> But if this is true, then why can't I substitue the numerical IP > for the site name, i.e., "http://209.202.226.100/id4.html";? This allows > Lynx to connect, but to the wrong page: "Tripod | Error".
Because the web site is virtual. All modern web browsers use the HTTP 1.1 header Host: to specify the unresolved domain name for the web site. This allows servers to serve many web sites without having to have a different IP address for each one. This is done even if one or both of the client and server are only HTTP 1.0 conformant. Very few sites, these days, are not Host: header virtual. So, when you access by IP address, the Host header contains the IP address. If you want to bypass DNS problems, you need to add the domain name to /etc/hosts, possibly giving it precedence, or locally go authorative for the domain in question. ..... Now wait for the next spew from impressions.in - is there really no-one with the authority to remove rogue subscribers! _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
