[Message Prev][Message
Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Message
Index][Thread Index]
Re: Windows Mapped Drives - Strange
- Subject: Re: Windows Mapped Drives - Strange
- From: nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:02:23 -0000
> I don't really know :-( and TBH, the
> whole "hosts file thing" is still
> a bit of a mystery to me. Just
> guessing, but if the WINS handling has
> changed in XP (as Nick suggests)
> updating the hosts file may do that
> name resolution locally for you
> instead of a dedicated machine having to
> be the WINS server.
Sounds logical enough. An entry in Hosts avoids the need for the PC
to go looking for a DNS (or WINS) server to translate the name to an
IP address - it gets it from the file instead.
Nick
UKHA_D Main Index |
UKHA_D Thread Index |
UKHA_D Home |
Archives Home
|