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Author Is there anyway to change my IP address to words? like www.myname.com?
Sharvin

2004-02-25, 9:35 am

I'm a total newbie, thanks!
Davide Bianchi

2004-02-25, 9:35 am

Sharvin <sharvin@millymarvin.ca> wrote:
> I'm a total newbie, thanks!

This doesn't have anything to do with Apache, you need a DNS or another
system to translate the domain name (the 'words') into the IP address.

If you are on Unix (linux) just add an entry in your /etc/hosts file,
on Windows you can use C:\WINNT\System32\drivers\etc\hosts for the
same pourpose.

Davide


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