Domain Name in Intranet?
I am running small ‘household’ intranet. I have WAMP running on my computer. Others access web applications on my computer through my IP. I want to change that. Instead of IP, they should be typing a URL. Just like internet.
What should i do? I tried DNS. ‘Bind’ to be specific. But i am not a computer professional. I am a hobbyist. So, Bind was complicated for me. I also tried other Opensource DNSs. But no help.
Please tell me what should i do? Assume that the intranet is
completely isolated from internet.
P.S. I feel dizzy when it comes to command lines. So, please suggest something GUI, and possibly opensource/freeware .
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3 Responses to “Domain Name in Intranet?”
Comment from johntrottier
Time June 15, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Typically, you set up a web server, such as Apache, running on your machine that you want to host your web apps.
Once Apache is installed and configured, someone on your intranet typing will access the www directory set up by the Apache install. That directory will have the links that connect the client to web app xxxx
There are a lot of do’s and don’ts about setting up a web server. If done improperly, you can open your whole system to attack from the Internet. Web servers ASSUME you know what you are doing and know how to set them up. If you use Apache, spend some time on their user forum and ask questions. What you want to do has already been done, and you should be able to get a config file that will make your setup a lot easier.
Apache is available for both Linux and Windows machines, but my recommendation would be to use a Linux Distro such as OpenSuse as your base OS. the Desktop Windows OS such as XP or Vista are not really meant for the server world. I’m not saying it can’t be done, it’s just not the optimum solution
Comment from toddrf
Time June 16, 2008 at 8:52 pm
In my experience, unless you’re able to install a Windows server OS somewhere, your options are limited. The only open source DNS server for Windows I’m aware of is BIND, so if you don’t like that, then I don’t know anything else there.
Just about the only other option for a DNS server is SimpleDNS. It’s $79.
There is one other way to do what you want, though. You could create entries in the HOSTS files of the various client computers on your intranet. Then they could type the URL and get the correct IP. It’s not centrally-managed, of course, but it *is* free. For a small number of machines, it might be OK.
Comment from Chris B
Time June 14, 2008 at 1:34 pm
DNS is correct… You need an A record to identify it as well as a pointer to identify how to get back.
The name of your domain takes the end piece of your URL ie doman name Fred with a computer name of www becomes
Note there is no .com as fred is not a child of the .com domain.
I think possibly you may have forgot the pointer in the reverse lookup table.
Hope I have steered you in the right direction