"localhost" is always replace by the local IP-address

[haemi]

For example, if I type "http://localhost/forum/" into the address field of the browser, the forum is loaded as expected.

But all links appear as "http://10.84.0.16/forum/whatever" - 10.84.0.16 is the server's internal IP-address. In the network itself this would not be a problem. But as soon as I try to access the forum through the internet, it doesn't work any more: The first loading is successful, but again, all links appear as "http://10.84..." - and this leads to errors, of course.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your help!

[bird]

In your server configuration, you probably have the following line:

ServerName 10.84.0.16

instead of this:

ServerName www.example.com

[haemi]

No... there's

ServerName localhost

[bird]

And how is that supposed to make any sense from outside of your local machine?

[bird]

To make that sound less negative: The ServerName must of course be the domain under which the site can reached from the outside. "Localhost" is to be taken literally, it is alway the local machine (ie. my own box, were I to visit your forum).

[haemi]

okay... localhost does not make sense then...

but if i change it to the external ip-address, it doesn't work either... :(

[ChadSEO]

Is there a configuration option in your forum software that specifies the website it resides on. On most that I've used, you can specify the URL as "http://www.example.com/forum/" or something. It could be using this address.