Re: Information required in Hosts file for remore client PCs.

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Look in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc. You will see the hosts file. Open
it in notepad, you can probably figure it out from there.

JJ


"Nevio" <Nevio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ALL the operationg systems are Windows XP Home SP2. I am evaluating a
> product
> called "TheGreenBow IPSec VPN Client" so that employees out of the office
> can
> have secure access to the office LAN for file download, printing etc. I
> was
> told that I need to setup/update the "Hosts" file to achieve this end.
> What
> exactly:
> 1) Is this file function.
> 2) How do I update it.
> 3) With what information and format. (Each of the LAN PCs names and IP
> addresses?, and what about the LAN printers and NAS?)
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>
>


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