[FlyingToaster]

I use vBulletin on a server behind a router, and using my dynamic IP URL, I am unable to access my own server (apparently due to some DNS or router issue), even though people from the outside can access it. So I need to use my server's IP address when I'm on my own network. This causes a problem when I try to access my vBulletin site, because I've set my dynamic URL in vBulletin's configuration for the forum URL. When I try to load my forum site on my own network, it takes a long time, is unable to load everything, and it times out. I've tried adding my URL to my hosts file to point to my server machine (I'm using Windows 7, and I've done that before), but I'm still unable to load my vBulletin forum site.. Is there a workaround for this?