randommatt

Thanks again for the help, but I’m afraid this still doesn’t work for me.
The vm is a terminal only install (no X-server), so I can’t access the wp page from the vm. This configuration is by design and won’t change, the laptop cannot handle both a WP server, and two desktops running at the same time.

I also understand how the host file works (thank you for the explanation), but I don’t see how this will help my scenario.

The main issue is that WP will not work if the vm has an IP address that is different than the one it has been configured with.

So my question has become: if I reconfigure my WP multisite install to use “localhost” as its address, will it be visible from other machines on the same network pointing at the vm’s assigned IP?

If so which lines of which config files and database entries need to be changed?

Thanks again.

I now have it working so that at home it doesn’t brake, I made the VM’s IP static. All these problems started because the sticky address from dhcp became “unstuck”. Also her parent’s house and the library have different address spaces and I’d like her to be able to work from there too.
The problem with having it on a virtual machine is that it has to be network visible, I can’t check 127.0.0.1 on the laptop because it would not be the VM’s …
I may have had an epiphany in the night, just to highlight my sheer ignorance … If I set all values to “localhost” would it work and be visible from other machines on the same network by pointing at the machines address?
I started my endeavour on the assumption that the localhost address would only be visible from the local machine pointing at 127.0.0.1, but I just realised I may be very, and embarrassingly, wrong.

If so what lines in wp-config and database fields do I need to change?

TIA