Re: Hosts Files

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

"Hosts" relates to pur tcp-ip, resolving names to IP addresses..
It does the
same thing as DNS

"lmhosts" is Lan Manager hosts, and it converts windows machine
names to IP
addresses, as well as  allowing you to preload Domain Controllers and so
on.. It's really only used in the absence of a WINS Server, or when using
windows networking across a WAN.

in simple terms, "hosts" lets you resolve an internet hostname
without using
DNS, "lmhosts" lets you resolve a machinename without using WINS,
or waiting
on the windows networking to catch up.

if you want to resolve an internet hostname, such as www.diyha.co.uk, that
goes in your hosts file.

Ian.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: "UKHA Discussion (E-mail)" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 1:03 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Hosts Files


> Hi All,
>
> Further to the temporary problems with RapidHoster, can someone please
> explain the difference between HOSTS and LMHOSTS. Which file do we
need to
> alter to put our own entries in for accessing our domains until the
DNS
> changes take place?
>
> I actually entered the info in both files.
>
> I put in entries for diyha.co.uk and kat5.tv and by going to
> http://diyha.co.uk I could get my
site but http://www.diyha.co.uk I
couldnt
> get anything.
>
> Pinging "www.diyha.co.uk" or "mail.diyha.co.uk"
translated to the OLD DNS
> entries whereas "diyha.co.uk" gave the correct new IP
address.
>
> I then added entries for www and mail for each domain and can now
access
> email and the web normally.
>
> Do I have to put individual entries in for WWW, Mail, FTP etc or can I
have
> "*.diyha.co.uk" as an entry?
>
> I can confirm that email is now starting to trickle back in but in a
> slightly messed up order, however I can live with that :-)
>
> Keith
>
> www.diyha.co.uk
> www.kat5.tv
>
>
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