Access Apache VirtualHosts from Same Box or from Lan?????

[Ringo]

> > I'm trying to figure out how to access any VHosts
> > from samebox mode, or from pc connected to the same lan.
> > I've seen this done with Mac, but can't find how with win2k.
> > Can someone point me in the right direction?

> Vhost ... name or ip mode?
> If named-vhost, each ServerName must be resolvable by DNS or
> entered into hosts file on each PC -that's poor man's DNS- There
> is hosts and hosts.sam somwhere down the windows or winnt folder.
> HansH

Hans,
I went into hosts file in win2k (all computers), and entered
the lan nic's ip address and domain vhost names and aliases,
I also put the virtualhost statements in apache's httpd.conf file.
Thanks, Just what I was looking for. Works just fine.

Virtual hosts "name-based", what is the correct way to do
this. In apache, I used a *:80 in the vhost statements, to
keep the ip wide open, but with win2k, how do I keep the
name-based vhost mode going? What to which files
hosts? lmhosts.sam?

Thanks,
Ringo

[Ringo]

"Ringo" <Ringo@ms.com> wrote in message
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>

> > > I'm trying to figure out how to access any VHosts
> > > from samebox mode, or from pc connected to the same lan.
> > > I've seen this done with Mac, but can't find how with win2k.
> > > Can someone point me in the right direction?

>

> > Vhost ... name or ip mode?
> > If named-vhost, each ServerName must be resolvable by DNS or
> > entered into hosts file on each PC -that's poor man's DNS- There
> > is hosts and hosts.sam somwhere down the windows or winnt folder.
> > HansH

>
>
> Hans,
> I went into hosts file in win2k (all computers), and entered
> the lan nic's ip address and domain vhost names and aliases,
> I also put the virtualhost statements in apache's httpd.conf file.
> Thanks, Just what I was looking for. Works just fine.
>
> Virtual hosts "name-based", what is the correct way to do
> this. In apache, I used a *:80 in the vhost statements, to
> keep the ip wide open, but with win2k, how do I keep the
> name-based vhost mode going? What to which files
> hosts? lmhosts.sam?
>
> Thanks,
> Ringo
>
>

I found the answers, here:
[url]http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2003/07/24/vhosts.html[/url]