[Wolves] e-smith - and a question about local domains

[Mark Ellse]

TriG,

Thanks for this. Putting the server in the host file works. I'm not 
using e-smith as the DNS at the moment, but it does do that.

Thanks for your help.

Mark


TriG wrote:

>
>> But here's a question. I've set the server up as a web server for a 
>> local web. And I gave it the name chaselocal.com. How do I get our 
>> browsers on mostly Windows machines to recognise that chaselocal.com 
>> is a local address rather than pestering the DNS in the adsl router?
>
>
> Ok you can either tell Windows to use the E-Smith as a DNS server and 
> setting up DNS on it (cant remember if it does it)
>
> Or, in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc there is a hosts file.. Edit 
> that and set it out like in the example
>
>>
>> All advice would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Mark
>>
> - TriG
>
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