# Discourse is only accessible by IP address

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-only-accessible-by-ip-address/56622>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [30.Январь.2017 21:52:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-only-accessible-by-ip-address/56622 "2017-01-30T21:52:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![railsnoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@railsnoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/railsnoob)\
**Post date:** [31.Январь.2017 00:21:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-only-accessible-by-ip-address/56622/5 "2017-01-31T00:21:13Z")

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You are correct. The trouble it seems I was having was that my browser keep insisting on inserting www in front of [forum.example.com](http://forum.example.com)

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