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       #41

    why's that?

    nslookup returned this:


    drive:\directory\location>nslookup
    Default Server: UnKnown
    Address: serv.er.ip
    >
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  2. Posts : 5,642
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       #42

    Because the lmhosts file is only used for special-purpose corporate environments.
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       #43

    ....


    like Pup/PARC? I don't mean to be redundant and beg the question, but the purpose seems like while it was designed for xxxx....it can be applied general purpose. any reason why it can't, as a finite answer, be applied more generally than an in-house network?

    i was assignging the #pre ... switch? argument? so that when the browser loads, it is already anticipating this ip to this domain. is that not an accurate use?
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       #44

    logicearth said:
    Leave lmhosts alone.
    x2. In this day and age, lmhosts is ignored by your machine.
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  5. Posts : 7,878
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       #45

    lmhosts isn't used anymore. Like I have said, probably a dozen times, it's for netbios name resolution on Microsoft workgroup or domain based networks. However, it's been replaced with DNS for a number of years now and is almost not used anywhere. The only thing it's applicable to is a home, business or corporate network. This isn't routable on the Internet and won't be used for resolving websites and the like. It's only for netbios names on a Microsoft Network.
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       #46

    ok, fair enough. take care folks.
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