Hoping maybe someone can help

[Howman]

when i put www.howman.ca i get Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

when i go localhost my page loads sorta but no images just text

so i would need a proxy or somthing right

[wimiadmin]

The best method to check it would be from another computer on your LAN.

Since those computers are all behind the same firewall and on the same public IP, you'll probably have to edit their hosts file. The hosts file is located in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\

In the hosts file just put in:
192.168.2.1 howman.ca

The 192 IP is the IP of your web server. This will tell the computer you check it from to hit the IP of the web server instead of going out to the internet to look for the domain. It should render the entire page.

By the way, I can still get to your site and it looks as though everything is displaying correctly.

[Howman]

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
# 192.168.2.1 howman.ca
I add the red line on the computer that is running webserver

and it did not work and none of the other computers on my lan can see my server does it matter that i am using 64 bit operating system (windows 7 RC)

[clanmills]

Omit the # !!!!!!
# is a comment (however I don't think it says that).
So --- put the IP in "naked"

192.168.2.1 howman.ca

not

# 192.168.2.1 howman.ca

[Howman]

i put 192.168.2.1 howman.ca in and still will not go do i need to restart

[clanmills]

I've just tried this on my vista/64 bit system. No problem. No reboot.
Can you: "ping howman.ca" from the command prompt? In my case, I have I my case I have

192.168.2.105 imac

in my hosts file and here's the output:

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc>ping imac
Pinging imac [192.168.2.105] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.2.105: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.105: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.105: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.105: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.2.105:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc>

To come back through a hole in the firewall (either port forwarding or DMZ, I recommend you get an external DNS entry from a free service such as dyndns.com. I wrote an article about this last year: http://clanmills.com/articles/portforwarding/

[Howman]

C:\Users\Laptop>ping howman.ca
Pinging imac [192.168.2.10] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.2.10: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.10: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.10: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.10: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.2.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 22ms, Average = 17ms
C:\Users\Laptop>

Thats what i get when i ping howman.ca i got a accout at dyndns.org cause of my dynimc ip and howman is a domaane i got from godaddy
when i started this thread i could not get the computers in my home network to share files cause the one computer withe the webserver had dmz on and open to the internet now it is behind the router and working (but i thought it was not cause i could not see it from any computer on my home network)now i am trying to get it so i can see it from my home network with out a proxy server so i can work on it cause localhost dose not load page right cause of cookie settings

[Howman]

What i am doing wrong putting 192.168.2.10 in the host file does not work i guess the only way to do would be with a proxy server

[clanmills]

I'm rather lost about what you're trying to do. I'm willing to speak with you on Skype at the weekend (either text or web-cam - as you prefer). Send me a private message and let's see if we can fix a time.

[Howman]

i can not find your pm botton i click on your name and it says i do not have permission