A list of known
???tracking??? hosts can be downloaded from http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/.
It improves lookup performance. If you frequently access a particular
server, and you know its IP address isn??™t likely to change anytime soon,
you can add a permanent entry to eliminate the initial delay as Windows
looks it up. For example, add an entry for your mail server to
decrease the time it takes to check for mail.
It??™s a shortcut for the lazy. If you frequently access a remote server without a
domain name (rather than only by its IP address), you can configure a custom
domain name, for your use only, to be used as a kind of ???shortcut??? to
the server.
Providing incorrect information here can prevent you from
accessing certain remote servers. Use care when modifying
the permanent DNS entry table.
Here??™s how to create and modify the list of permanent DNS entries:
1. Open Explorer and navigate to the C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc
folder.
2. Look for a file called hosts (no filename extension). If it??™s not there, create
it by going to File ??? New ??? Text Document, and typing hosts for
the filename.
3. The hosts file is just a plain-text file; open it in your favorite text editor
(or Notepad).
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4. A standard entry looks like this:
207.46.230.218 www.microsoft.com
The first part is the IP address, and the second part (separated by a tab
or several spaces) is the domain name.
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