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Gabriela Dzenutis
Gabriela Dzenutis
457 Points
Posted by Gabriela Dzenutis
Gabriela Dzenutis
457 Points

ERR_ICANN_NAME_COLLISION .dev account

I'm having trouble accessing my website created on a local server. I get the message:

"This site can't be reached This site on the company, organization or school intranet has the same URL as an external website. Try contacting your system administrator. ERR_ICANN_NAME_COLLISION"

Any advice/step-step solutions? Note: the URL was firstname.dev but I changed it to firstnamelastname.dev while logged into firstname.dev on local WordPress. Than the next day when I tried to go back in to log in via /wp-admin, I got this message. I've tried both URL's. I have a Mac. Also, it's not working on Safari, Chrome or Firefox.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Apparently ".dev" is now an actual TLD and no longer reserved for internal use. Try using ".local" instead.

Gabriela Dzenutis
Gabriela Dzenutis
457 Points
Gabriela Dzenutis
Gabriela Dzenutis
457 Points

Still no luck. I tried:

  • Editing host file within terminal by changing IP address, domain name, .dev to .local, #local site etc....
  • Deleting SSL certificate in keychain access
  • Utilizing Local by Flywheel (still a possibility)
  • Rerunning Apache/MySQL

It seems like the solution is different for everyone with this error on forums. I personally decided to start over by re-downloading the desktop server. It showed that I still had two sites. I deleted one, and "moved" another. If anyone finds a better solution, I'd love to hear as I'm still skeptical of this problem reoccurring.