How to arrange the IP address of Hosts in swich

You may receive an error message when you search for available updates...

To resolve this error, examine the Hosts file. (This file may also be named Hosts.sam.) Make sure that the file does not list any static IP entries for the Windows Update Web site or for the Microsoft Update Web site.

The Hosts file is located in the C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc folder. To view the Hosts file, you may have to associate the file with Notepad. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the Hosts file.
2. Click Open With, and then select Notepad from the list of programs.

If the Hosts file contains a static IP address that is associated with Windows Update or with Microsoft Update, comment the entry by adding the # sign at the beginning of the entry. You can also delete the whole line and save changes to the Hosts file.

Note Programs, such as Web accelerators, DNS accelerators, DNS caching utilities, and Spyblockers, can add static IP entries for the Windows Update Web site or for the Microsoft Update Web site to your Hosts file. This scenario can cause Windows Update or Microsoft Update to fail.

You might check you HOSTS file to see if that web site has been locked out in it.
It's located at: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS
Open it with NotePad
HOSTS has no extension.

A normal HOSTS file will look like this:

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

If you cannot get to ebay.com, it may have an entry in it pointing ebay to your localhost IP.

127.0.0.1 ebay.com

IP Address stands for internet protocol...its a kind of internet communication protocol.....
The Internet Protocol is responsible for addressing hosts and routing datagrams from a source host to the destination host across one or more IP networks.

it having two types
1>static ip address(which is used by any hosting company)
2>dynamic ip address(which we genrally uses)

and it having two version
1.IP V4
2.IP V6.


i think its enough if you want to know more about it then feel free to contact........thnks blacktulips

If you are using windows xp:-

Click Start, click Run, type %systemroot% \system32\drivers\etc, and then click OK.

1. Rename the hosts file to hosts.bak.
2. Create the new default hosts file. To do this, follow these steps:
3. Right-click an open space in the %WinDir%\system32\drivers\etc folder, point to New, click Text Document, type hosts, and then press ENTER.
4. Click Yes to confirm that the file name extension will not be txt.
5. Open the new created hosts file in a text editor, for example, in the Notepad.
6. Copy the following text to the file:
   

For Windows XP or Windows Server 2003

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. # # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space. # # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. # # For example: # # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host 127.0.0.1 localhost

There are lots of domain hosts if you register through a host you can set the ip address to look at any server you want or even the hosts.
if you search google you should receive a long list of cheap hosts
to give further help I would need to know what services you wish to use on your domain

I assume you mean you have an Internet domain mapped to your home or office broadband IP address. First of all, you need a static IP address but I assume you already have that. The biggest problem is usually that the broadband router will not route anything from "inside" to it's external IP address. In theory, you should be able to set this up but I have never managed to get it working!. There are two ways round it:

(a) If you have an internal DNS server, set up a zone for your domain & point the A records at your servers' local address (192.1698.0.x or whatever).

(b) If you don't have a DNS server, edit the "hosts" file which is at "c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" in Windows XP (note that there is no extension on the filename!). Ascertain your PC's IP address and add a line similar to this to the file:
192.168.0.x www.mydomain.com
^
|
Your PC's IP address
Substitute your own domain name for "mydomain.com"
If you have other hostsnames (e.g. mail.mydomain.com) then add extra lines with the appropriate IP address (if they're the same server then the same address). Save the file & all should work. You would have to do this on all PC's from which you want to access the domain.

If you're using Linux or MacOS then you can still edit the hosts file - but you probably know where to find it.

If I was wrong & you're actually talking about a Windows domain, then you have to join the computers to the domain & that's bets done from the server management application or, if you don't have that, the appropriate AD control applet.