[ale] remap domains at the router level

[Narahari 'n' Savitha]

Friends:

Here is a situation that I need help with.

community.sling.com is NOT a valid domain.

community.slingbox.com on the other hand is a valid domain.

At the router level I want to be able to say any request to sling.com
should go to slingbox.com.

Is it even possible ? How do I do this ?

-Narahari

[Scott M. Jones]

Has to be done by DNS, not by the router, unless your router is more
capable than most. Most routers won't do this.

IF this is a laptop or desktop type system you may be able to place an
entry in the local "hosts" file (/etc/hosts or equivalent). For mobile
devices, IOT, set-top, you have to do a DNS solution.

Some routers will not let you change to a custom DNS which further
complicates matters.

If this is strictly HTTP, you could set up an HTTP redirector on your
local network, assuming you can do something about DNS/name resolution.

If the target site is using virtual hosting then changing the 'A' record
may not be enough to get the intended effect because the browser URL
will matter.

I think we need more details.

-Scott

Post by Narahari 'n' Savitha
Here is a situation that I need help with.
community.sling.com <http://community.sling.com> is NOT a valid domain.
community.slingbox.com <http://community.slingbox.com> on the other hand
is a valid domain.
At the router level I want to be able to say any request to sling.com
<http://sling.com> should go to slingbox.com <http://slingbox.com>.
Is it even possible ?  How do I do this ?
-Narahari

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