Latest Progress:-
I cannot create an entry in /etc/hosts to create a location address without remastering. Is there anyway to spoof this? Using the ip address only, eg 10.0.0.99 doesnt work because one of the utilities on my website needs the FDQN of the site. I think the command 'domainname' only sets a local network name; similarly 'hostname', while 'dnsdomainname' can only report the current setting of the FQDN. I need to be able to do this so that my internal network points to the server within itself when I request, eg www.fred.net. DNS automatically picks that up as my external firewall & immediately asks me to supply userid & password so I can be admin for that. As far as I know I can only use hosts to change this. I have not found a cheatcode and Faq Network skips over this.

I have a suspicion that PHP will fall over even if I manage part one, it needs mods to the ini file to allow includes, the knoppix default being turned off.