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Nov 3, 2005, 5:46 PM
Hargreaves
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Spooky Server
This is what happens when you mess around with your LAN settings Frown

You type a website address into your browser and it diverts you back to your local Apache installation making it appear like you've overtaken the website Wink

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Nov 4, 2005, 10:08 AM
Hargreaves
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Nov 4, 2005, 10:08 AM
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Ok the weird thing about this is it is still happening. Any other website I visit loads correctly. Only rackshack.net brings me back to my local server. Very weird.

The investigation continues...

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Nov 9, 2005, 9:34 AM
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Nov 9, 2005, 9:34 AM
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I think I've found the cause of this behaviour, but before I explain, can anyone who has a local webserver installed click this link:

http://rackshack.net

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Hargreaves: Nov 9, 2005, 10:03 AM
Nov 9, 2005, 9:46 AM
dan
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Nov 9, 2005, 9:46 AM
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For what it's worth, same as you:

When Apache not running: Cannot find server or DNS Error

When Apache running: local installation

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Nov 9, 2005, 10:45 AM
Hargreaves
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Thanks for the reply.

For some reason rackshack.net is pointing to 127.0.1.1 - you can verify this by doing a whois at netsol.com

I know that RackShack is now ev1servers.com but I didn't think they had shut down their domain name. Even if they have, I'm not sure why it's pointing to 127.0.1.1.

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Nov 9, 2005, 10:54 AM
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I thought it had to be pointing to 127.0.1.1 (local IP) for us to see what we are seeing. News to me, I thought rackshack.com was still active domain. Have you tried asking them?

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