In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Pete, > >I hardwired the IP of my LAMP server to 192.168.0.100 - basically a static IP >outside the range of the dynamic IP pool. > >All the other machines on my intranet get their IP dynamically assigned by the >router and DHCP using a pool that starts at 192.168.0.101. > >The other thing I did - all my clients are Windows flavors - so I edited the >hosts. file on each machine and added an entry for a fake domain to call my >LAMP >server like > >192.168.0.100 www.mylampserver.net > >Then the client machines can refer to the LAMP server as mylampserver.net > >regards, >Mike
Hadn't thought of doing it that way! But wouldn't the solution that I ended up with - giving the computer acting as server the name SERVER, and calling with http://server - be simpler? We need to stop "automatic IP" soon, so that we can check who is seated at which machine, as part of our in-house security. -- Pete Clark Sunny Andalucia http://www.hotcosta.com/comm_1.htm
