DNS workaround - mapping Hosts to IPs
Having trouble accessing a site? Maybe your DNS service is broken. He's a way to preform DNS manually.
1. open up a command prompt ( Windows Key + R -> "cmd" )
2. type the command "ipconfig/displaydns" to locate the name of the unresolved host name.
3. go to a website to resolve the host name such as http://www.dnsstuff.com/
4. use the IP address from this site to add a new entry to the "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" file following the directions in this hosts file
5. Windows should now resolve the host name correctly. if it does not, issue the command "ipconfig/flushdns" at the command prompt and restart the application trying to use the host.
1. open up a command prompt ( Windows Key + R -> "cmd" )
2. type the command "ipconfig/displaydns" to locate the name of the unresolved host name.
3. go to a website to resolve the host name such as http://www.dnsstuff.com/
4. use the IP address from this site to add a new entry to the "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" file following the directions in this hosts file
5. Windows should now resolve the host name correctly. if it does not, issue the command "ipconfig/flushdns" at the command prompt and restart the application trying to use the host.
posted by feddas at 5:55 AM
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