Help with Apache 2.0.49 on Windows XP Professional

Hi,

I need to test multiple (more than 2) websites on my local machine.
According to the Apache documentation, one solution to this is to use
name-based virtual hosting. The instructions for this are pretty
clear. I am just wondering how do I configure Windows to map an
additional name like localhost2 to 127.0.0.1?

The desired result is that both http://localhost and http://localhost2
will map to 127.0.0.1, after which the virtual hosting mechanism will
take over. Many thanks for any advice.

Peter

Peter Loh wrote:

> how do I configure Windows to map an
> additional name like localhost2 to 127.0.0.1?

Add it to your name server or hosts file.

Thor

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Thor Kottelin wrote:
> Add it to your name server or hosts file.

A lot of people don't know how to do that.

In Windows XP, the hosts file is here:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

In the file, he'll want:

127.0.0.1 localhost localhost2

Or, if he wants to use different IP's:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.2 localhost2

--Bill Davidson

Bill Davidson <billdav@cox.nospam.net> wrote in message news:<0mZCc.1$876.0@fed1read07>...
> Thor Kottelin wrote:
> > Add it to your name server or hosts file.
>
> A lot of people don't know how to do that.
>
> In Windows XP, the hosts file is here:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
>
> In the file, he'll want:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost2
>
> Or, if he wants to use different IP's:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 127.0.0.2 localhost2
>
> --Bill Davidson

Thanks for your help Bill!

Peter