IP access no domain yet

[Cal]

Hi I had a question. If you have hosting and your domain isn't up yet. Can you use the IP to view the site? I tries http://IPnumber/~username and it doesn't load anything, but shows an error.

The server has cpanel and I can access it with the http://IPnumber/cpanel and use my username/pass.

Anyone got any ideas? Thanks

 

[LSComputers]

It is able on some servers, however some companies disable that, as that doesnt get tracked by the bandwitdh graphs. So they may not allow it.

 

[Paul White]

Try this:

http://IPnumber/~username/

The ending slash is important!

 

[Dini]

the /~username thingy is an Apache Mod. If the server doesn't have it, it wont work

 

[Cal]

So in other words, there is no way to view your site with the IP address?

 

[themoose]

/user/~username/
or try just
/username/
Otherwise, no.

 

[Robert]

The problem with allowing users to access their site using http://ip/~username/, is, like LSComputers stated, bandwidth. Bandwidth used doesn't go against the user's account, rather it goes against the whole server. I had one client who was using /~username/ and was using like 50-60GB a month of bandwidth, when his plan only allowed for 5GB. We changed it and billed him for the theft of service.

 

[LSComputers]

The problem with allowing users to access their site using http://ip/~username/, is, like LSComputers stated, bandwidth. Bandwidth used doesn't go against the user's account, rather it goes against the whole server. I had one client who was using /~username/ and was using like 50-60GB a month of bandwidth, when his plan only allowed for 5GB. We changed it and billed him for the theft of service.

HeHe.. yep, Iv had the same problem, now we no longer offer it that way, Purchase a dedicated ip if you want to view via ip, they will count for the transfer/bandwitdh. So your be fine then.

 

[Dan]

The problem with allowing users to access their site using http://ip/~username/, is, like LSComputers stated, bandwidth. Bandwidth used doesn't go against the user's account, rather it goes against the whole server. I had one client who was using /~username/ and was using like 50-60GB a month of bandwidth, when his plan only allowed for 5GB. We changed it and billed him for the theft of service.

Woah!!! Ya serious? Did he pay?
But yeah. I think if people are doing stuff like this they should not be hosted at all. Play fair or leave is my moto.

 

[Robert]

Woah!!! Ya serious? Did he pay?
But yeah. I think if people are doing stuff like this they should not be hosted at all. Play fair or leave is my moto.

It was billed to his CC. He did dispute it with his credit service provider. But in the letter we did specify that it was theft of service and the cc provider (I think it was MasterCard) approved the transaction and told the customer to take it up with us in court. It never got that fair. We billed him $2/GB for the 60GB or so he used.

 

[JagwireHosting]

If you need to check your domain before DNS propagation, you can add these lines to your hosts file (usually c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) :

<<your IP here>> yourdomain.com
<<your IP here>> www.yourdomain.com

/!\ Don't forget to remove or comment these lines after DNS propagation /!\