IE7 Not using my host file

[Guest]

It's very strange because IE7 is no longer using my host file. I tend to use
the host file for my testing, for example I we are changing out some web
servers this weekend so I place the production name and test server IP
address in my host file and then I remove it when i am done testing.
Depending on the results I might have the netowrking group make changes to
the DNS server after.

Anyway, I have found that this "Trick" is no longer working for me. Yet I
know the host file is correct because this trick still works for me in
firefox.

I do have all the latest patches for windows XP as of today March14th, and
I've tried updating my NIC card driver. This was working only a few weeks
ago so I suspect that it is some newer IE patch, but any help in this matter
would be appreciated.

 

[Jon Kennedy]

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Don't know if it's the same in IE 7 as in IE 6, but....
In IE, go to the Internet Options...Connections tab...LAN settings. Make
sure the box called "bypass proxy server for local addresses" is checked (if
you are using a proxy server).
By using a remote proxy server which does the DNS requesting for you
prevents the HOSTS file from being used. Your browser will route its request
through your proxy server before your machine looks up an entry in Hosts.

Also, make sure your Hosts file does not have the "read only" attribute set,
or is "locked" by a third-party security app like ZoneAlarm.

 

[Guest]

The host file was indeed locked and marked as read only.

Thanks

 

[scott cantrell]

I am also having this same problem.
Did you identify the cause or better yet, identify/find a solution?

I have found the problem does not exist when my DNS server entries are
removed from my TCP stack.

This leads me to presume IE7 not using Windows order of name resolution.
Rather it appears IE7 is using it's own order of name resolution, using DNS
first over the HOSTS file.

Can you (or anyone else) confirm this?

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I am also having this same problem.
Did you identify the cause or better yet, identify/find a solution?

I have found the problem does not exist when my DNS server entries are
removed from my TCP stack.

Details? Give an example.

This leads me to presume IE7 not using Windows order of name resolution.
Rather it appears IE7 is using it's own order of name resolution, using DNS
first over the HOSTS file.

Can you (or anyone else) confirm this?

Do you see your HOSTS file entries when you issue (in a cmd window):

ipconfig /displaydns


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