Virtual Host Problems [Apache 2.0.52]

OS: Windows XP Pro
Apache: 2.0.52
PHP: 5.0.3
DNS: http://www.zoneedit.com

The problem being is with Virtual Host obviously.

If I do ->

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName forum.site.com
DocumentRoot /www/forum
</VirtualHost>

My main website will turn into the forum. So, if I load up www.site.com it will lead to the forum.

If I do

NameVirtualHost remote_ip:80 (or just remote_ip)

<VirtualHost remote_ip:80 (or just remote_ip)>
ServerName forum.site.com
DocumentRoot /www/forum
</VirtualHost>

It will load up the forum.site.com but it will display the main page for some reason. But the forum.site.com will be there and I can surf the site and stuff under that sub-domain.

Third, I do this and it seems to work.

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
ServerName forum.site.com
DocumentRoot /www/forum
</VirtualHost>

It works for some people, and others it doesn't.


and I setup my host (C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\Host)

It's like this

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 forum.site.com

and it works fine with the <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1> without the 127.0.0.1 forum.site.com it doesn't work. The page won't even load.

with

127.0.0.1 localhost
ip forum.site.com

it loads up the main page, but if it take out the ip forum.site.com it won't even load.

I'm curious as to what the problem is .