Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ3 access to moved domain before DNS setup propagates

["Steve Colberg" <steve@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > Create a host name entry with IP address in your hosts file to aid in
> > > resolution to the IP of your RAQ.  I do it all the time when building
> > > sites on a test server in-house before going out to production.
> >
> > Thanks, but that is a solution to the wrong problem.  I have no problem
> > getting to the server.  The problem is that there are multiple domains
at a
> > single IP address.  Going to that IP address...before the DNS servers
point
> > the NEW domain to that IP will bring up one of the older domains already
at
> > that IP address.
>
> I believe the solution Richard offered here should do exactly what you
want.
> Seemed to work fine for me the last time I had a new domain on a shared
IP.
> When you add the correct entry to your local hosts file, you are not just
going
> to an IP address -- you are essentially by-passing DNS on the web and
telling
> the browser via your local hosts file to go to this IP and get this SITE.
The
> headers should tell Apache just what site you are looking for at that IP
address
> and it should be served up accordingly.
>
> Could someone please correct me if I am mistaken.  Thanks.
>
> rks
>

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The server is not "local".  It is hosted remotely with an ISP who allocates
a small block of IP addresses to me.  Modifying my "host" file does not
work.  Further, I need a solution that I can use with my hosting customers
who want to load their site before it is live.

I have created  an actual example.  This is not a real domain, but my RAQ3
knows about it with the following details:
new domain is www.xyztesting.org
IP address is 206.127.79.220

Can you get to it?

Steve Colberg, novice hosting provider