Re: OT: windoze equivalent of /etc/hosts
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:50:19 -0500
Aaron Stromas <passogiau@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/20/06, Matt Price <matt.price@utoronto.ca> wrote:
> >
> > hi folks,
> >
> > I've set up a little internal web server on our home network. On my
> > debian boxes I just added a line like:
> >
> > 192.168.2.111 ourhome
> >
> > to /etc/hosts to facilitate browsing. But my wife has a windows xp
> > laptop & I have no idea how to do the same thing there (I've pretty
> > well never used windows except at web kiosks & things).
> >
> > so, any suggestions?
>
>
>
> one or the few things i know about windoz:
> c:\winnt\system32\divers\etc\hosts. same format as *nix
But I'm almost sure you'll have to reboot for the changes to take effect :(
Andrei
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