URL/IP address

[annettem]

We have a few departments in our organization that are not on our
network, but able to access our Intranet. They are having problems in
accessing URLS such as http://intranet/nextfolder/thisfile.htm.
Instead they need to substitute the IP address for "intranet". So in
order to access pages, they would have to use http://ip.address.here/nextfolder/thisfile.htm.

What do I need to do to that I don't have to change every URL in the
intranet to list an ip address for every page and link?

 

[MikeR]

We have a few departments in our organization that are not on our
network, but able to access our Intranet. They are having problems in
accessing URLS such as http://intranet/nextfolder/thisfile.htm.
Instead they need to substitute the IP address for "intranet". So in
order to access pages, they would have to use http://ip.address.here/nextfolder/thisfile.htm.

What do I need to do to that I don't have to change every URL in the
intranet to list an ip address for every page and link?

If these are Windows machines, use Notepad put an entry in their "hosts" file. On XP
it will be in Windows\System32\Drivers\etc
The format for the entry is IP space site. See here for more info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file
Google for more still.
HTH
Mike