[cobalt-users] Multiple domains to a single site.

["Owen Lees" <owen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I remember this chestnut before and drawing an uncertain result.
>
> The way I see it is that as a lot of folks (such as ourselves) have one IP
> which is set to a standard site for the box.  When a client comes along
and
> wants to have multiple domains the only option that so far I have been
able
> to do is to make up loads of virtual sites with a redirect page on each
one
> (ie: index.html contains a re-direct header)
>
> As I understand this, the only way to ensure redirection is if all the
> domains are sitting on one machine and thats all that machine is used
for..
> this is impossible to justify costs wise for a small company such as
> ourselves.
> Otherwise I have seen (probably correct) suggestions on implementing
another
> IP number on the RAQ2, I have since gotten another IP and still cant get
the
> DNS to operate correctly, if I create an A record and point to the new IP
it
> comes up with the site on the original IP! (Thats even when the site to
> which I wish to send redirects is sitting on the new IP happily and takes
> requests for that IP directly from the browser URL line).
>
> So there we go... stuck really!
>
> I still need to be able to do redirection of domains to other domains
whilst
> the machine is not dedicated to the original domain.
>
> Anyone help?
>
> Regards
>
> Owen Lees
> Technical Manager - Grafixx Internet Services
>
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>