Browser Is Confused...

jsimmons · 04-28-2006, 05:43 AM

I set up a new 2003 Server box with the intention of hosting my domain myself instead of paying for limited bandwidth/disk space someplace else.

I got my website working on my local server, but now, I can't browse to my remote site (browser tells me it can't find the server), and I can't retrieve email from it. If I shut down my local server, I can then browse to the remote site (after an as-yet undetermined amount of time).

NoReason · 04-28-2006, 06:54 AM

I'm not entirely sure, but this sounds like a Record issue to me, not a browser.
When you changed the A record, did you change the MX record as well?

jsimmons · 04-28-2006, 08:19 AM

Well, I haven't changed anything yet as far as the domain is concerned. From here at work, I can go to both sites with no problem at all.

However, at home, I do this:

1) Browse to local site using public (static) IP - works great

2) Browse to remote site (using domain name) - it doesn't work - says it can't find the server.

Both the local server box and my LAN workstation are behind the same IP. Could that be part of the problem?

jsimmons · 04-29-2006, 02:13 PM

Found the problem - I still had a dns entry in my dns server - took it out, and everything is cool...

04-28-2006, 05:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
jsimmons Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 17 OS: Win2k Pro	Browser Is Confused... I set up a new 2003 Server box with the intention of hosting my domain myself instead of paying for limited bandwidth/disk space someplace else. I got my website working on my local server, but now, I can't browse to my remote site (browser tells me it can't find the server), and I can't retrieve email from it. If I shut down my local server, I can then browse to the remote site (after an as-yet undetermined amount of time).

04-28-2006, 06:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
NoReason Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 556 OS: XP Home	I'm not entirely sure, but this sounds like a Record issue to me, not a browser. When you changed the A record, did you change the MX record as well? __________________ "Four freedoms: The first is freedom of speech and expression - everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of everyone to worship God in his own way, everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want . . . everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear . . . anywhere in the world." --Franklin D. Roosevelt U.S. President

04-28-2006, 08:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
jsimmons Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 17 OS: Win2k Pro	Well, I haven't changed anything yet as far as the domain is concerned. From here at work, I can go to both sites with no problem at all. However, at home, I do this: 1) Browse to local site using public (static) IP - works great 2) Browse to remote site (using domain name) - it doesn't work - says it can't find the server. Both the local server box and my LAN workstation are behind the same IP. Could that be part of the problem?

04-29-2006, 02:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
jsimmons Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 17 OS: Win2k Pro	Found the problem - I still had a dns entry in my dns server - took it out, and everything is cool...