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reaching a LAN website by its hostname

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cor-el replied
Rookie91
Rookie91

I have a secondary machine in my LAN running a web server. In my main computer when I type the open FF and type IP address of that machine in the navbar I get the web site without problems, but if I use its hostname (which is debian) FF load debian.org instead.

I want to know how to avoid that behavior, I need FF loading the web in my LAN when I type 'debian'.

Thanks.

I have a secondary machine in my LAN running a web server. In my main computer when I type the open FF and type IP address of that machine in the navbar I get the web site without problems, but if I use its hostname (which is debian) FF load debian.org instead. I want to know how to avoid that behavior, I need FF loading the web in my LAN when I type 'debian'. Thanks.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer

Try bookmarking the LAN site. I think there is a reasonable chance that the autocomplete will prioritize a bookmark over the search and fixup functions.

cor-el
cor-el
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Does it help if you add a trailing slash?

You can also try to use a keyword bookmark (with a possible %s parameter) to access a fully qualified URL.