1. Re[2]: tcp4u
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ray Smith <smithr at ix.net.au>>
>> Hi Kat,
>>
>> I don't know why this is happening.
>> I installed Apache on my local PC and everything works fine locally.
>> But try and download files from a public web server and it fails.
>>
>> I'm busy this weekend and I don't know when I'll be able to have another
>> look.
>>
>> Does anyone know if DNS lookups would be different now from 6 months
>> ago ... on public web servers?????
> Just to confirm, get_file won't work on any url I tried - "cannot resolve
> host address"
> it the error message.
> I was able to download a page from my local network server using the
> numeric address (192.168.0.1:80) but not without the port (:80) attached.
> Further experiments: adding :80 to a regular web address: for example
> http://magnoliahall.com:80 gets me the page in question - but -
> http://rapideuphoria.com:80 gets me a page from Pacific Tech touting their
> web hosting services.??
>
> Regards,
> Irv
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> Regards,
> Irv
Sounds like those websites are using virtual servers, this means they
share an IP with other websites on the same physical server.
You need to pass the domain name in the HTTP headers.
Thomas Parslow (PatRat) ICQ #:26359483
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http://www.rat-software.com/
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