Change a Local address to a name

[Farabi]

I used to wrote 192.168.1.1 for accessing my local server, I want to change it by name. How to do that?

[jj2007]

Try adding the line

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192.168.1.1       www.farabi.com
to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

[Farabi]

Try adding the line

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192.168.1.1       www.farabi.com
to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Thanks  :U

[clive]

If you have a half decent router that gives you the 192.168.1.1 address via DHCP, it should associate that address with the name windows gives your box.

Most routers will have a DHCP status page that will display the IP address and the box name. And it will provide name resolution based on those names/addresses.

In XP the "Computer Name" can be found here :

My Computer -> Properties (System Properties) -> Computer Name
Full computer name : boxone

Your should be able to "ping boxone" "ping boxtwo", etc and navigate explorer to them with "\\boxone", "\\boxtwo"

If you want to get an internet address for the router (so you can then forward ports to your computer, and other fun things), many of them support Dynamic DNS services like http://www.dyndns.com