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I don't know what version you are using but if I try to add

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.100

to httpd.conf, then loading Apache errors out with the message

NameVirtualHost takes one argument, A numeric IP address:port, or the name of a host

It will load if I take out the localhost IP so it reads

NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.100

But then using your recommendation with multiple development sites such as

<VirtualHost test.icalshare.com 192.168.1.100>
...
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost test.icalshare2.com 192.168.1.100>
...
</VirtualHost>

produces the error

[warn] VirtualHost 192.168.1.100:80 overlaps with VirtualHost 192.168.1.100:80, the first has precedence, perhaps you need a NameVirtualHost directive

If I eliminate the IP so it is just name based VirtualHost,

<VirtualHost test.iCalshare.com>

then it works fine on my Mac. But not from PCs on the LAN. It's great to run cgi's and Php, but being able to test all this on a local PC would be a huge help.

Do I need to run a DNS server? Bind is on the Mac but I don't know if it really needs a dedicated machine. And it sounds like overkill (I've only got 2 Macs and 2 PCs).

Does anyone know of a solution? A tutorial on intranets would be great.