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Alright, Im at the end of my rope

Ive come here for help, if possible, because im not sure what else I can do.
Or, even if what im trying to do is possible.

I secured a domain name, and forward all traffic from my domain registrar to my webserver at home by IP.
I have Apache 2.2 set up, with virtual hosting.

from httpd.conf

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# Virtual hosts
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf


from httpd-vhosts.conf

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NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/XAMPP/HTDOCS/"
ServerName [MYHOSTNAME].com
</VirtualHost>

Now, shouldnt the IP address be replaced/resolved by [MYHOSTNAME].com when users are redirected?
Am I doing something wrong here, or is this not working as I'm expecting it to?

forward all traffic from my domain registrar to my webserver at home by IP.

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NameVirtualHost *:80

Now, shouldnt the IP address be replaced/resolved by [MYHOSTNAME].com when users are redirected?

Namebased vhosts are only working, if the browser is using a hostname for the request.

Thanks for the fast response, in short, is there anything reasonable I can do to get the IP to resolve to the named address virtually through apache?
Im using Windows 2000 Advanced Server.

is there anything reasonable I can do to get the IP to resolve to the named address virtually through apache

An ip request is always going to the first defined vhost (the default host). There is nothing in Apache which is doing a reverse lookup.

Thank you for your time and expertise.