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Hi I have a new hosting site and my domain is still redirecting to my old domain.I have now my shared IP address and ftp details. How can I browse my new hosting site using
http://ipaddress/foldername (ex:http://192.255.255.0) So I can test if my scipt is running?

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Who's the hosting company? – Su' Dec 28 '11 at 11:03

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Usually new domain DNS settings propagate within 24 hours. However, if you're impatient, you can try this (steps 1 and 2 are only needed if you don't have the new server IP yet):

  1. Find a DNS lookup tool (such as kloth.net) which lets you perform DNS lookups using specific name servers.
  2. Enter your new web host's name servers and your domain name and perform a lookup.
  3. Open your hosts file (in windows, it's %SystemDirectory%\drivers\etc\hosts, which is usually C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts; on *nix it's /etc/hosts) and enter an entry for the domain that points to the IP retrieved earlier and save.

Your Hosts file entry should look something like this:

192.168.1.1        example.com

This should allow you to access your domain on your new host. However, I recommend removing these entries after the DNS has propagated, as your web server IP may change in the future.

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If it's shared hosting, and you haven't also purchased a dedicated IP(if offered), the IP address probably won't be helpful.

Some hosts do set up a usable temporary address of some sort, often as a sub-domain of theirs, but without knowing which host, there's no telling what that would be.

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Some also allow you to access the account via userdir, using a tidle and the server hostname. E.g. server3.megahost.com/~fred/ or even 4.2.2.3/~fred would get you to the document root for the user fred. Many these days disable that feature for additional security since it does let someone from the outside 'guess' at valid system user names. – Tim Post♦ Dec 28 '11 at 14:27

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