Netinfo and broken dev domains

Submitted by el_reverend on Fri, 2008-05-09 18:12. Member's Forum

Hi all,

until a few days ago all my virtual servers on OSX worked just fine. I typed in something.dev into the address bar in safari and I landed on the development site on my local machine.

However all of a sudden this did no longer work. MAMP was on, servers running, but I was redirected to a search page generated by Roadrunner (Time-Warner) my ISP. Why did this not work?

So I changed my DNS to OpenDNS, but with the same (but ad free result). I restored my netinfo database according to Apples instructions. Still nothing.

What I did find out however is the following:

The dev domain forwarding to localhost DO work when I am not using a period in the URL (like something.dev -> somethingdev works). Does anyone know how to fix this? I know I could make changes to the hosts file, but that would also require that I run OSX's own web server. Since I am running MAMP that would be overkill.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Attachment	Size
NetInfo_machine.png	10.1 KB

» previous forum topic | next forum topic

Nothing?

Submitted by el_reverend on Mon, 2008-05-12 18:20.

Does anybody use netinfo and/or MAMP? Never ran into problem with local DNS routing?

» login or register to post comments

Question is too technical

Submitted by natobasso on Tue, 2008-05-13 15:02.

Most members of CB are graphic and web designers, not up to the task of answering your highly technical question. You might try www.macosx.com.

----
Powerpoint is not a design application

» login or register to post comments

Thanks natobasso, that is a

Submitted by el_reverend on Tue, 2008-05-13 18:11.

Thanks natobasso, that is a very good resource. I am a web designer / illustrator as well, so I thought this might be a valid question here. I can't believe that I am the only one to deal with these local domain issues. How do you or others set up their local build environment? Do you guys have a online solution that is not publicly accessible? Do you just use localhost/project?

I'd be interested in what other web designers do.

Just for kicks I have recently purchased MAMP Pro (Mamp Pro and the free MAMP) ($66.23 is not a lg investment) and it has circumvented my problem, which still exists (and still need help with) though.

So, let me know if you a) know of this problem or b) what you use to develop/design a site.

Thanks

» login or register to post comments

I'm a web designer but I

Submitted by natobasso on Tue, 2008-05-13 23:17.

I'm a web designer but I don't host my own websites.

I can only guess the registrar of your domain changed something, you changed something, your firewall is down and you got hacked, or your mac forgot what dns it's supposed to be running. :)

----
Powerpoint is not a design application

» login or register to post comments

I have never had a problem

Submitted by CareerNetwork on Tue, 2008-05-13 21:34.

I have never had a problem like that occur to me before so I don't know what to say about that except restore it to the default settings and see what happens

» login or register to post comments

Yup I thought the same and

Submitted by el_reverend on Wed, 2008-05-14 17:42.

Yup I thought the same and followed Apple's instructions to restore the database, but the entries were still in NetInfo Manager and the behavior was still the same.

» login or register to post comments