Mobile redirection using htaccess not working - apache

I have a website called http://www.mydomain.com.au
And a mobile sub domain www.m.mydomain.com.au
I use following htaccess codes
#Mobile Redirection
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^m\.mydomain\.com\.au$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "android|blackberry|ipad|iphone|ipod|iemobile|opera mobile|palmos|webos|googlebot-mobile" [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ http://m.mydomain.com.au/ [L,R=302]
Problem is when I type http://www.mydomain.com.au/anyurl from mobile it is not redirecting to mobile site. I just need to divert all pc website urls to my mobile website home page www.m.mydomain.com.au
Any help pls.


Think that if your mobile site url is www.m.mydomain.com.au
you should write :
#Mobile Redirection
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.m\.mydomain\.com\.au$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "android|blackberry|ipad|iphone|ipod|iemobile|opera mobile|palmos|webos|googlebot-mobile" [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ http://www.m.mydomain.com.au/ [L,R=302]
If it does not work, could you post your 2 vhosts ?
Regards;
mimiz

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