"Vaughn Haybittle" <vhaybit***@mweb.co.za> wrote in message
news:eIAFsFL0GHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I have two machines:
>    - A desktop running Windows 2003 Server
>    - A Laptop running Windows XP Pro
> I also have an ADSL Router
>
> The server has 2 network cards:
>    - An Ethernet card that connects directly to the ADSL router Via an
> Ethernet cable    10.0.0.10
>    - A wireless network card that IO use to communicate with my laptop -
> i.e My Lan    10.0.0.11
>
> All IP addresses are allocated manually (i.e. not via DHCP)
>
> I am trying to set things up so that I can host the web sites I develop on
> the server and access them from my laptop either via an ip address (e.g.
> http://192.168.x.xx) or via their names e.g. http://website
>
> I have a few problems.
>    - The first is that while both server and laptop can see each other via
> mapped network drives, and the server can ping the laptop, the laptop can
> not ping the server (either of it's network cards)
>     - Secondly I am unsure of how to set things up in such a way that I
> can allocate each new web site a new ip address and have access the site
> via both its ip address and its name
>
> I suspect that only part of the problem may fall into the scope of this
> newsgroup, but any help on any of these issues would be much appreciated,
>
> Regards,
>
> Vaughn
>