Problems with multiple web sites on SBS 2003 Std Edition

Ok, SBS Std ships with the "default web site" and "companyweb" both
on port 80 already.....

I have moved my company web site over and I want to use my single
ip address for "my" web site. Problem is, my registar, radiant.net asks
for an ip and nameserver list (1-4) only. Please don't suggest using NAT,
I bought a P.O.S. firebox firewall that does not support static NAT.
Yeah I know, my fault....

Anyway, my other option is host headers on my web site....

Problem, no one has been able to tell me how to test web sites on a local
computer that use host headers because my current web site that has not
been moved yet resolves to anything I use as the host header.
www.domain.com,
or domain.com. And besides, what do you tell your registar to point their
servers at when you use host headers???

Thanks a ton in advance for any help

I test locally with host headers by adding new entries to my hosts file
(c:\windows\system32\driver\etc\hosts), which you could think of as
'mini-DNS', in a way.

as for pointing your domain name at them, some registrars allow you to
specify either a set of nameservers (2 or more) or to use their nameservers
and just point at a single IP address. I currently have one domain
temporarily set up that way myself, my border router's IP in the name
settings, a host header on the IIS end and port forwarding through two
routers to get to IIS. (yes, it's only temporary, I wouldn't leave it like
that for long)


--
Jason Brown
Microsoft GTSC, IIS

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 > Ok, SBS Std ships with the "default web site" and "companyweb" both
 > on port 80 already.....
 >
 > I have moved my company web site over and I want to use my single
 > ip address for "my" web site. Problem is, my registar, radiant.net asks
 > for an ip and nameserver list (1-4) only. Please don't suggest using NAT,
 > I bought a P.O.S. firebox firewall that does not support static NAT.
 > Yeah I know, my fault....
 >
 > Anyway, my other option is host headers on my web site....
 >
 > Problem, no one has been able to tell me how to test web sites on a local
 > computer that use host headers because my current web site that has not
 > been moved yet resolves to anything I use as the host header.
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.domain.com,</font" target="_blank">www.domain.com,</font</a>>
 > or domain.com. And besides, what do you tell your registar to point their
 > servers at when you use host headers???
 >
 > Thanks a ton in advance for any help
 >
 >
 >
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