Make the system to resolve a domain name locally

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Is there a way to change our website address into a domain name. E.g – I am creating a intranet and just copying the server IP and port everywhere to open the web page. It looks odd to copy pasting the IP, so what should I do to give a domain name instead of IP address?

Best Answer

Try editing the hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc) and mapping http://xxx.xxx.xx.xx:8082/ to an address such as 'ArunsComputer` Keep in mind, that this would have to be done on all of these computers. There is a way to use a DNS server to do this, but editing the hosts file seems to be the simplest.

You would add a line like this to the hosts file:

133.33.33.7 MediaServer

To edit the hosts file, follow these steps:

  1. Open start, and in the search bar type 'Notepad'
  2. Don't hit enter, right click, and select 'Run as Administrator'
  3. Go to file, and open the C:\ Drive.
  4. From there go to the Windows -> System32 -> drivers -> etc (or just paste this into the address bar C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc and hit enter)
  5. The folder should be empty. Select the dropdown menu that says (Text Documents *.txt) and select 'All files'
  6. Then, under the last entry in the file, add your IP and name you want to use, like 133.33.33.7 MediaServer
  7. Save the file, open up IE, and type in the name that you used. It should work.
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