Map names to ip addresses in windows

[The Archimage]

George Schindler wrote:
> 
> Hello to all,
> last problem was in ISP, thanks.
> Now I find anwer for another question. From W2k I'm able to go directly by
> ip address, no by names, but from W98, WNT4.0 I'm not able to map share
> disks by IP address, so what can I do? Make WINS server? Is here some easier
> way?
> Thanks a lot.
> Happy chrismas to all.
> George

You could create an lmhosts file and put it on each of the Windows
boxes.  Syntax is similar to the "hosts" file:

192.168.101.65		windows1
192.168.101.66		windows2
192.168.101.67		windows3
192.168.101.68		windows4

It does in c:\windows on Win9x machines, and in
c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc on NT/2000 machines.

The only thing is, it's a pain in the butt to keep them all current.

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