The hostnames that you're referring to (Google, Yahoo, etc) have multiple IP addresses. Any one of those IP addresses (randomly selected) is returned each time you query a public DNS server. This is a method for balancing the load amongst multiple servers. Why do you then want to use only one IP address?
Anywho.. if you've set your mind to it - here's the solution that will work on your local machine: Edit /etc/hosts and add the following lines to it. These are actual IP addresses of Yahoo/Google. You may use different ones if you like. www.google.com 66.102.7.104 www.yahoo.com 66.94.230.48 Nandz. -- http://nandz.blogspot.com http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
