cheers for all the help :)

Much appreciated
B.

-----Original Message-----
From: rob.edkins@axon.co.nz [mailto:rob.edkins@axon.co.nz]
Sent: Thursday, 30 November 2000 21:08
To: blamont@teletech.co.nz; adsl@unixathome.org
Subject: RE: Host file in Windows with JetStream

Bruce Lamont wrote:

> Anyone know why the Host file in Windows OS doesn't get used with a
> JetStream connection? It is used with dialups, ISDN, DDS,
> fram relays etc,
> but not with DSL ....
>
> Anyone know if it can be set to be used with the routers, and
> if so, how???
> (might help keep traffic down by a few extra bytes per month .... :P)

Works fine for me.

Winnt 4 and 98 may behave differently, but NT 4 uses DNS, then hosts file,
if DNS is configured.

It could be that you are resolving a legitimate name via dns first, so that
it doesn't bother with the hosts entry.

In many Unix distributions you can change this behavior with
/etc/nsswitch.conf

I haven't tried looking for similar functionality in Windows. It may be
possible with a registry hack.

Check out the MS knowledge base.

Rob

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Received on Fri Dec 1 07:10:29 2000