What part didn't work? It will still redirect you to the domain name, but the point of the hosts file change is that when your machine points at the domain name, you'll get the new server instead of the old one.
Note that in WinXP, after you change the hosts file, you'll probably need to restart the dns client cache service (it's called "DNS Client" in the Services GUI, or go to a cmd prompt and run "net stop dnscache" followed by "net start dnscache") and then also close and restart your browser as most browsers also implement a short-term dns resolution cache in memory. ... or reboot the whole box if you don't want to mess with all that
The URL isn't in any file. (It is stored in the database) To change it, go into the Admin CP, vBulletin Options, "Site Name/URL/Contact Details", and find it under "Forum URL"
ok, I tried the net start dnscache thing, it was successful but something on my new server is still trying to redirect me to the url instead of the ip.
I can't login to the forum on the new server, so I can't change the settings to point to the ip instead of the domain. If I change the settings in the running forum, on the old server, to reflect the new ip, and it blocks me for some reason - how will I change it back?
I can access myphp on the new server (the ip server) so is there a way I can edit the settings in there?
07-20-2005, 03:28 PM
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