which file to add in hosts & ips

wvw · 07-31-2008, 01:25 AM

Hello

I have a public Class C ip which I can ping and connect to via RDP & port 10050. However There are 2 servers. One is named blah1 and the other is blah2 both using the same ip.

My problem is want to use the name to connect to the machine and not the ip.

I am running rpath Linux rel 1 kernel 2.6.19.
Can I add these names & ips in my /etc/hosts file? Do I need to restart my box for it to take effect, or can I just restart the hostd?

Thanks
wvw

datopdog · 07-31-2008, 01:45 AM

Yes add then to the hosts file you do not need to restart anything