Create local home network where all requests return status 200

cypher6xx

cypher6xx

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Hi



I have an old device that I need to setup (a Boxee Box) and it is looking to ping http://x.ping.boxee.tv/ (x being a number between 1 and 9) to test the network connection. I would like to create a network where a ping to that address or any address for that matter simply return a http status of 200 so the box thinks it is connected and I can set it up. Is this possible?



I have ay my disposal a Virgin Super Hub 2.0, a Synology Disk Station NAS, 2 Apple MacBooks, Ethernet cables and I am fairly tech savvy but not when it comes to networking. The Boxee device can connect using WiFi or ethernet.



Any help would be appreciated and I ma happy to look into buying routers etc if it helps.



I have tried connecting the device directly to my MacBook and setting my host file to point http://x.ping.boxee.tv/ to localhost but sharing my internet on ethernet seems to bypass the hosts file. Sharing the internet via wifi also seems to bypass the hosts file.



Thanks in advance.
 
Thanks Daz! I think I have got most of what you mean. I don't have a raspberry pi but I think with the DNS Server on the Synology Nas and the web server enabled I can achieve what you have described above. I will give it a go and update here with success or if I am still struggling!

Thanks again.
 
the-evaluator said:
You'd want it to resolve to the IP address of the Apache/Nginx box rather than localhost. If it resolved to localhost then that'd tell the Boxee box that the webserver were running on the Boxee box itself rather than the Apache/Nginx box.
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Yes, thanks, I worked that out after localhost didn't work. Just had to set up a web server and a virtual host and it works just fine. The box has been setup again. Many thanks everyone for your help!
 
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