December 2017
Beginner
386 pages
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The hosts and lmhosts files are used for name resolution and are stored in the C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc directory as shown in Figure 4.15. The host files contains the mapping of IP addresses to host names, and is used for DNS name resolution. Unlike hosts, the LAN manager hosts (lmhosts) file contains the mapping of IP addresses to computer names, and is used for NetBIOS name resolution. In both files, entries are inserted manually, and each entry should be kept on an individual line. Table 1 presents the examples of inserting hosts and lmhosts entries:

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