On 04/05/2018 12:00 PM, [email protected] wrote:
There are a bunch of Windows machines and the server hooked to a Netgear
Nighthawk wireless router.? It points at nameservers out on
the Internet that don't have the local names.?
Create a hosts file which maps ip addr to machine name. Copy to each
machine on the LAN. By default, both Linux & MS Win will check the local
hosts file first for name resolution and then send out a DNS query. This
default order of operations can be changed so I'd check to confirm on
each machine that it's set to check the hosts file first.
"Host Name Resolution Using a Hosts File
One common way to resolve a host name to an IP address is to use a
locally stored database file that contains IP-address-to-host-name
mappings. On most UNIX systems, this file is /etc/hosts. On Windows 2000
systems, it is the Hosts file in the
\%/SystemRoot/%\system32\drivers\etc directory.
Following is an example of the contents of the Hosts file:
|#|
|# Table of IP addresses and host names|
|#|
|127.0.0.1 localhost|
|139.41.34.1 router|
|167.91.45.121 server1.central.slate.com s1|
Within the Hosts file:
*
Multiple host names can be assigned to the same IP address. Note
that the server at the IP address 167.91.45.121 can be referred to
by its FQDN (server1.central.slate.com) or a nickname (s1). This
allows the user at this computer to refer to this server using the
nickname*s1*rather than typing the entire FQDN.
*
Entries can be case sensitive depending on the platform. Entries in
the Hosts file for UNIX computers are case sensitive. Entries in the
Hosts file for Windows 2000 and Windows NT–based computers are not
case sensitive.
The advantage of using a Hosts file is that it is customizable for the
user. Each user can create whatever entries they want, including
easy-to-remember nicknames for frequently accessed resources. However,
the individual maintenance of the Hosts file does not scale well to
storing large numbers of FQDN mappings."
More info here =>
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/172218/microsoft-tcp-ip-host-name-resolution-order
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