how does this my isp resolve my url...?

[Eivind Olsen]

--On 19. august 2003 00:07 -0700 neon_bikini <neon_bikini at hotmail.com> 
wrote:
> This is a newbie question. I am trying to understand how my ISP
> resolves my URL to my page. My url is neonbikini.isp.com. If i do a
> dig on this name i get IP 192.168.1.0. Finally if I enter this address
> into my browser I get a generic page that is not my site.

If it comes back as 192.168.1.0 something is wrong:

eivind at vimes:~ > host neonbikini.isp.com
neonbikini.isp.com is a nickname for isp.com
isp.com has address 216.127.146.15
isp.com mail is handled (pri=10) by mail.safepages.com
eivind at vimes:~ >

Besides, 192.168.1.0 is normally the network-address for the 192.168.1/24 
network.

> My question is, What happens to my name based url to resolve to my
> page and not this other generic page at the ISP? I understand DNS
> service and how the basic dns works, but I'm used to simple 1:1 and
> this doesnt add up.

If you want this to work, the webserver also has to be configured with 
name-based virtualhosts so they know what to do when someone asks for 
neonbikini.isp.com.

> BTW. the real site name and ip were changed as i'm sure you can figure
> out.

Stop doing that.

-- 
Regards / Hilsen
Eivind Olsen
<eivind at aminor.no>