>>>I need it to work just like localhost.
>>>Now I am trying to figure - on my computer how to make it work. But I can't seem to make my test.aspx page to show on my computer with the computer name (as I do on customer server). For example:
>>>
>>>http://localhost:8080/test.aspx
>>>
>>>Works!
>>>
>>>But
>>>http://dell2018:8080/test.aspx
>>>
>>>Shows Page Cannot be Loaded or displayed (don't remember exact message).
>>
>>That sounds like a DNS issue, that your machine can't resolve the "dell2018" name. If you fire up a CMD window and run
>>nslookup dell2018
, what do you get?
>>
>
>Here is what I get:
>
>Server: dns.google
>Address: 8.8.8.8
>
>Non-authoritative answer:
>name: connectra.ClientOrganizationName.org
>Address: XX.XX.XX.XXX <--- not my PC address at all. Probably client organization IP
>Aliases: dell2018.ClientOrganizationName.org
>
>
>I don't understand what the above means. But it seems strange that my computer name is mixed with the a client organization name.
>
>Anything you see that I need to change and how?
Are you connecting to the client org network via VPN? "Connectra" appears to be a Check Point IPSec VPN. While connected, some VPN servers can be configured:
- to give your computer an IPv4 address on the customer's LAN. That will usually be a private address i.e.
https://www.arin.net/reference/research/statistics/address_filters/ . The address you X'd out above should be in one of those ranges. But, if it is private, Google public DNS (8.8.8.8) should not be able to resolve it. If your default nslookup server is Google Public the address returned may be your customer's external (WAN) IPv4 address
- to append a domain name of their choice to your computer's host name so it can be resolved on the customer's local network. That could be why you're seeing "dell2018.ClientOrganizationName.org" as an alias
If that's what's happening, you need to disconnect from the VPN before you try connecting to your local web server using
http://dell2018:8080/test.aspx .
If the VPN has so-called split DNS configured, that can complicate things even further.
Regards. Al
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