Comments on: Can’t Access A Web Server Using www.xxx, but ok if http://xxx

By: Wikrband

Wikrband — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:09:00 +0000

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By: pceasies

pceasies — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0000

You need to make sure DynDNS is set to support wildcards. It looks like they don’t allow the option on free accounts anymore. You can try to set it up with Virtual Hosts alone, but normally you need both. If you want help setting up virtual hosts you’ll have to provide the software you use. (Probably Apache if you are using XAMPP or WAMP, possibly lighttpd, those are the most common)

By: Chris Davies

Chris Davies — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:37:00 +0000

It’s partly all about the DNS entries, and partly about the vHost configuration (if any) for the target website. First, you need to ensure that you have a DNS entry mapping “domain” to the target IP address, but also one for “www.domain” to that same IP address. Next you need to ensure that your website accepts both “domain” and “www.domain” as being valid for your website in question. Without specifics it’s very hard to give concrete answers, but hopefully this will get you started. Chris

By: Jack Cola

Jack Cola — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:52:00 +0000

I think it will be best to ask for support from your dns provider for your domain name.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:23:00 +0000

Ok, but I don’t have a domain hosting service. I run my own web servers on pc’s that use dynamic dns updaters to keep the ip address current.

By: ænon1mus

ænon1mus — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:37:00 +0000

This is an option provided by your domain hosting service. You need to check the settings.