linking to an ftp server referentially

Person_1873 · 08-18-2009, 11:33 AM

hi, i have an ubuntu server set up, it's functioning as an FTP and an HTTP server.

now i use the HTTP server both within my LAN and over the WAN, i presently have 2 different links to my FTP functionality, both lead to the same place but each one only works depending on which side of my router you're accessing the page from.

could anyone help me set the <a href=""> tag to be able to refer to the server with a single link no matter where i am? remembering that this is a single machine

catkin · 08-19-2009, 03:58 AM

How about leaving the <a href=""> tag as it is and having a name resolution system on the LAN that resolves the DNS name to a local IP address for LAN users? dnsmasq?

Person_1873 · 08-19-2009, 06:29 AM

i already do, but the problem is that all other sites at the same domain would not display if i do that, what i need to know is how to make the link know where it's being accessed from (sort of)

Person_1873 · 12-17-2009, 11:15 AM

bump, seriously is there any way to detect where the machine is being accessed from using HTML or even JavaScript?

estabroo · 12-17-2009, 05:00 PM

well if you are using cgi you should get a client ip as one of the env vars and if its a local one feed up a page that has local links, and vice versa

Person_1873 · 12-20-2009, 06:58 AM

ok, i'll take a peek at setting up some cgi