[thelist] quick domain/dns records question

[Jason Handby]

> check this out. i just ping'ed each entry and they both point to the
> same ip address.
>
> what could be happening?

The web server has two separate name-based virtual hosts set up, one for
lamarathon.com and one for www.lamarathon.com . "Name-based" means that the
web server chooses which site to show you based on the *name* of the site
you were requesting, not the IP address. It allows you to host multiple
sites on one IP address.  (See
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/vhosts/name-based.html for more info.)



Jason