I would try editing the /etc/hosts file on the remote computer and 
adding the line

192.168.0.4    site1

Then browse to it with http://site1/


Patrick

On 04/04/2012 11:20 AM, Olwe Bottorff wrote:
> I followed the directions here 
> (http://tuxtweaks.com/2009/07/how-to-configure-apache-linux/) to set 
> up my LAMP to go directly to my /home/myaccount/webdev web sites. For 
> example, from my browser I type in this address: http://site1 and it 
> goes to /home/myaccount/webdev/site1 and grabs the index.html file. 
> This saves me the work of putting everything in /var/www/ for Apache 
> to serve it. Good. All is working.
>
> So I try to access site1 on another computer on my home network (home 
> Wifi) and I'm able to get to the Apache "It Works!" file in /var/www/ 
> with this address: http://192.168.0.4 which is the address of the host 
> machine, but when I try http://192.168.0.4/site1 it cannot find it 
> (Not found). Any ideas how I can help my other home machines see my 
> home directory web sites?
>
> Olwe
> GM,MN
>
>
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