Re: [cobalt-users] FW: Name-based host problem

[Webmaster <webmaster@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tony,

If your customer is Windows based;
then ask them to add the following line in to their

c:\windows\hosts  
(Assuming they have their windows stuff under c:\windows)

your.single.sharing.ip  www.your_client.com    



Best regards,
Babu P. Yogarajah


At 18:29 09/01/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Is there any solution or workaround suggestion for letting name-based site
>clients view their new site before DNS is fully propagated? Using the IP in
>the browser isn't an option of course since it only brings up the main site.
>I have a few clients using AOL which seems to take longer than usual to
>update their DNS servers. These clients can upload via IP but have no way to
>view their pages until AOL's DNS updates. Is there a simple way to hard link
>to their directory that I'm overlooking?
>
>
>Tony