INTERNAL Webserver help....

[moeom]

Hi. I am running FC4 and I am trying to set up an intranet web server. So far, i installed Apcahe 2.0. Everything works to the point where i have created webpages. The problem is computers within my network cannot see the webpages without typing in the IP address (ie: http://192.168.0.4). I would like the computers to access my webpages by typing in a real name (ie: http://apache.server.com). Any help would be appreciated.

Also...i tried adding the following line to the my Windows Client's HOSTS file:

192.168.0.4 apache.server.com

That didn's do anything (cannot find the page).

[ramprage]

Do you have a name server running so when you type in yourdomain.com it can direct the request to the proper IP?

[blud]

If you added that line to the windows hosts file, you should be able to connect to the WebServer through the address. Question: Do you have the webserver set to listen on that ip on port 80?

A quick way to check this on linux would be using the following command:
netstat -anp | grep :80

This should return a line like this:
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 25802/httpd

You can also just type the ip address in the web browser and see if it pulls up a page. If it does, I would recommend configuring bind on your linux server to be an internal nameserver as well, and use that server to resolve names for your internal network.

[ramprage]

They're on Windows, so the commands posted won't work ;)

[blud]

errr, did you miss this part of his post?

"Hi. I am running FC4 and I am trying to set up an intranet web server."