website not updating in local network

[eltorrox]

I am using apache web server on linux fedora 2 for our websites. Each time I am updating the sites with new pages the browser (IE) is still displaying the old pages when browsing from Windows clients inside our LAN. When browsing from outside our LAN everything is fine.

Restarting the apache server doesn't solve the problem. Deleting the temporary internet files from the client's browser also doesn't solve the problem.

Please help with any ideas!

[johnt]

It sounds like maybe the firewall on your LAN is caching pages. If you see changes reflected immediately when you're viewing from outside your LAN, then I think that that's all it could be.

Hope this helps

John

[jdMorgan]

It's undoubtedly a cache somewhere in the client-to-server path. In IE, hold down your CTRL key and click the Refresh button to force a request to the server in order to see the updated pages. You can also set IE to request the page from your server every time, bypassing caches:

Tools -> Internet Options -> Temporary Internet Files: Settings -> Check for newer versions of stored pages: Every visit to the page

You should return this setting to "Automatically" after you finish testing.

Jim