vhost without hostheaders

[mrvandalen]

Hello,

I've recently started using my dedicated server and I'm experiencing some trouble with setting up a vhost without hostheaders (my hosting company told me to set this up).

Right now when a visitor types in a subdomain that doesn't exist they get forwareded to a default domain (my website). I don't want this to happen, I want to forward them to a standard oops page or something. I host several websites and people have asked me why I send visitors to my own site when their visitors type in nonexistingsubdomein.domain.com.

Can someone explain me how to make this work?

Thanks

PS. Should I do something specific with my DNS settings?

 

[mrvandalen]

I'm new to this forum so I'm not sure if I placed the topic in the correct section?

 

[AbsolutelyFreeW]

you probably have dns pointing to your server, and without hostheader you will see the default web site. Make sure you have not chosen a default site for the ip.

 

[mrvandalen]

I've looked up how to change a default domain, but I cannot alter this setting. I get my default domain set in plain text and not in an input field.

When logged in as administrator I go to:
1. Server
2. IP addresses
3. IP address (on the overview I select my only ip address)
4. I can see my default domain in plain text (not in an inputfield)

Hope you can help me out.

Thanks!

 

[AbsolutelyFreeW]

you set default by clicking on the number of hosted domains in the ip list, not on the ip itself try see if you can choose none there

 

[mrvandalen]

Wow, I did not know that - thanks....

The only thing now is that I need to set one of the domains as default. I thought of setting up a new hosting account using www.one-of-the-domains.com/default/index.html as domain, but this trick didn't work.

Any suggestions?

 

[mrvandalen]

Could it have something to do with my DNS settings? When I try to reach my site with "mydomain.com" (without the www) I get a "The page cannot be displayed" page.

Could anyone shed some light on this. I need to get the default domain and mydomain.com thing working asap....

Thanks a million

 

[oatmeal@]

mydomain.com does not work because you do not have a host header telling IIS where to look for the site.
You cannot vhost in IIS without host headers.

 

[mrvandalen]

mydomain.com does not work because you do not have a host header telling IIS where to look for the site.
How can I get this to work then? Should I use PLesk or do I have to something manually on my server?

You cannot vhost in IIS without host headers.
So I'll never be able to avoid people typing in a wrong address to see my own site?