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ok ive got phpBB and apache set up on my own personal server and phpBB uses domain names to do some stuff. the problem is im using dyndns and when i set up phpBBi have to put my dyndns name in there, but this doesnt allow me to access the BB locally. is there anyway i can make it so i can access it locally and from the internet.
i tried that buit when i try to login it tries to send me to myhost.dyndns.org which is redirected to the ip in dyndns database which i cant access from the local network
ok let me get this straight is this what youre tryign to get me to do:
first make the domain name for phpBB leftshoe.kicks-ass.org
then on my client machine in /etc/hosts make an entry that says 192.168.0.100(server ip) leftshoe.kicks-ass.org leftshoe
i think i will try that and then do i have to add anything to /etc/hosts on my server?
On the server hosts file you should add "leftshoe.kicks-ass.org" to the loopback ip - such as:
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain leftshoe.kicks-ass.org leftshoe
Then in your client(s) hosts files:
192.168.0.100 leftshoe.kicks-ass.org leftshoe
This way when your client looks for host "leftshoe.kicks-ass.org" (or leftshoe) it will go to the IP address of 192.168.0.100 - When the server requests "leftshoe.kicks-ass.org" it will just use it's loopback IP.
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