--- loncom/auth/switchserver.pm	2020/12/18 15:23:03	1.52
+++ loncom/auth/switchserver.pm	2021/05/03 15:27:43	1.54
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Switch Servers Handler
 #
-# $Id: switchserver.pm,v 1.52 2020/12/18 15:23:03 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: switchserver.pm,v 1.54 2021/05/03 15:27:43 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ sub handler {
         if ($Apache::lonnet::protocol{$env{'form.otherserver'}} eq 'https') {
             $protocol = $Apache::lonnet::protocol{$env{'form.otherserver'}};
         }
+        unless ($env{'form.otherserver'} eq $r->dir_config('lonHostID')) {
+            my $alias = &Apache::lonnet::use_proxy_alias($r,$env{'form.otherserver'});
+            $switch_to = $alias if ($alias ne '');
+        }
     }
 
     if ($env{'user.name'} eq 'public'
@@ -257,7 +261,7 @@ sub handler {
         $otherbalcookie = $env{'request.balancercookie'};
     }
 
-    my %info=('ip'            => $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'},
+    my %info=('ip'            => $ip,
               'domain'        => $env{'user.domain'},
               'username'      => $env{'user.name'},
               'home'          => $env{'user.home'},