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What I want is to have both Enquiry Forms on my local PC.
The URL for Site A's Enquiry Form is http://MyIPAddress/index.htm
How would I set it up for Site B?
Two important points:
1. I want to have both these sites appear as though they are independent of one another. i.e. I don't want my competitor to just check out the IP address and find out it is the same.
2. Is it possible to have Site A's Enquiry Form on PC1 and Site B's Enquiry Form on PC2, both PC's being on the same network? Both PC1 and PC2 have Win XP Pro on it. Also, I have a router.
Thanks,
Jon
[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 10:34 am (utc) on Aug. 21, 2004]
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Also, I have a router.Most commonly, your router responds to IPs assigned by your ISP. It then assigns "local IPs" to computers on your local network, typically using Network Address Translation, and routes traffic to the appropriate machine.
You would need to secure a second IP from your ISP and configure your router to route each IP to the appropriate page/server/machine. It's probably best to insure your router CAN handle multiple IPs before doing anything else.
I think you would be wise to put BOTH forms where your sites are hosted so you have fewer worries about hardware failures, power failures, and system crashes.
What about if I set up a subdomain on Site B and have the enquiry form link to a page on that subdomain. But on cpanel, you setup the subdomain to point to an IP address on my local PC that already holds one of the pages? Would that work?
If the surfer clicked the link would it show up in the browser window with the IP address or the subdomain url?
Mack.
