Is there a way to create an alias for a local Linux web server so that I can connect to it using htp://aliasname/ rather than using the ip address (ie. htp://192.168.1.1)

As an example, localhost is an alias for 127.0.0.1. Thanks!

BTW, I'm using Fedora Core 3 as the web server.

You can add it to /etc/hosts
# /etc/hosts: This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server. Just add the names, addresses
# and any aliases to this file...
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/hosts,v 1.8 2003/08/04 20:12:25 azarah Exp $
#

127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.2 tux.localnetwork tux
192.168.0.1 abbottdavid.localnetwork abbottdavid
# IPV6 versions of localhost and co
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

Thanks Rookie! I made changes to the /etc/hosts file like you suggested and it works on the Linux machine but not on the Windows machine I have it networked to. This is what the /etc/hosts file has:

127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.1 fd3.webdev webdev

I am using WindowXP as a client and a FC3 Linux box as the webhost/fileserver. If I browse http://webdev/ on the linux box it pulls up the root web server files, but when I try the same on the Windows client it can't find anything.

Any ideas?

Does anyone have any suggestion concerning the questions in the previous post?

You must do the same in the Windows box.
The file is in: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Perfect! You guys are great!

So how would I get my Linksys Wireless Router to see my DHCP linux box(es)? By that I mean, when I bring up the router's config page and look at "DHCP Clients", I see all the IPs ok, but the only Hostnames I see are my Windows machines (and then only my XP boxes, which are in a Workgroup. I have a Win2000 laptop that's on a domain that doesn't show the Hostname either) This isn't a huge issue, more one of those nagging "MUST KNOW WHY" things

Oh, and is there a way to specify a range of ips in a hosts file, or does that not make any sense? I'd like to be able to see my DHCP boxes by name as well if possible... (I've got one box set up with a static IP as a web/file server, but the rest of my machines are all DHCP clients)

Thanks!