On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:05:19 -0700, "Fred Zeigler" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:
>Located in C\windows\system32\drivers\etc is a HOST file
>can anyone tell me:
> 1. what it does?
> 2. what happens if it is removed?
If your network does not have a DNS server, then you would set up the
HOST file to resolve hostname/IP addresses locally. In which case
every computer needs to have the same settings in the file, a central
DNS server only needs one copy maintaining.
Removing it will do nothing really as its kept blank usually except
the localhost entry (127.0.0.1).
Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/
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