Stupid networking tricks
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Interesting approach. That is actually quite a good use of it, a kind of client side blacklist. I have also had to put things in the HOSTS file, as you must have done to cause this problem, to get some Windows networking stuff to operate correctly. I'm sure it shouldn't be necessary but Windows networking seems to be quite fragile, to the extent that sometimes I either email files to myself to transfer them, or host them on a local HTTP server and fetch them. TCP and DNS often work even when net view etc don't.
My most annoying issue right now is that no matter what I do, some of the machines on the LAN can't map remote shares when I reboot the machine. If I go into Explorer and click on the share, it searhes for it and finds it, and then everything is good. (All machines are running the same version of windows 7 and are caught up on the latest patches.)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
This is the correct answer. The IPs no longer matched what was listed in the HOSTS file.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997Why on earth are you manually entering hostnames in HOSTS? Built-in name resolution protocols not fancy enough for you? lol.
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Why on earth are you manually entering hostnames in HOSTS? Built-in name resolution protocols not fancy enough for you? lol.
I don't remember why I was doing it...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
