Make it easier for yourself...

[petervloo]

I can't reach every site I try. When I try to ping http://www.gmail.com, I get an IP. If I go to that IP using internet explorer, I get Google. (So, Gmail and Google are on the same server, and Google is the main page.)

Is it nevertheless possible to make a quicklink to Gmail, using the host file?

(The same goes for Travian: s1.travian.nl gives an IP that leads the the german version of the game.)

not with the host file afaik

host file is only and just only

host file exist from a age when there was no dns server !! (so that was made so people didnt have to fill in a IP adres in their browser)

there were no dns servers then let alone different ports, subsites etcetcetc

maybe a proxy can do that for you .. but now im just guessing

Well, ok. I will google a bit for proxy. But for most sites the host file is a good solution, so thanks for that tip anyway.

[bloodeye]

do i put the ports in?

no .. put that in the mtasa client in the port box in the quick connect

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_file

so it doesn't replace all numebrs then, that sucks i got the MTA official server woking under mta but i guess i stil have to remeber the port numbers as two of my usual server have same IP. I had fun entering a server under the IP and asking which server im in lol

[paul527]

bump

I can't believe I passed this thread by

[SanZoR]

Very useful!

Thank you i got this trick running all the time =)

Tyvm!

[Chicano_18]

Ye would be cool

[Guest]

lol... how to re-invent the wheel... Just run a DNS server and make it point to an upstream DNS for all servers it doesn't know about itself, hosts files cause more issues than they solve. Next you'll be inventing BOOTP or something

[Guest]

lol... how to re-invent the wheel... Just run a DNS server and make it point to an upstream DNS for all servers it doesn't know about itself, hosts files cause more issues than they solve. Next you'll be inventing BOOTP or something