You do need both.
However 127.0.0.1 is a *special local loopback* address, and it will NEVER
route to ANY other system.
If you want to involve a client and a server, you'll need a real ip-address,
or an ip-address in the dummy 192 range or the dummy 10 range (10 is MILNET
(Dod) and is guaranteed to be NEVER connected to the Internet)
--
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA
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"Peter" <peter_at_nomorenewsspammin.ca> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:09:37 GMT, Peter <peter_at_nomorenewsspammin.ca>
> wrote:
>
>
> Do you need to configure the HOST file on both the client and the
> server for Host naming? I thought configuring only on the client is
> enough.
>
> Thanks
>
> >>Peter <peter_at_nomorenewsspammin.ca> wrote in message
news:<r13ldvs9s94uprio34hptkg97202o63n73_at_4ax.com>...
> >>> In setting up the HOST file for naming resolution in a Windows2000
> >>> environment, is it necessary to include both the host name and the
> >>> alias or just the alias?
> >>>
> >>> e.g
> >>>
> >>> #IP host name alias
> >>> 127.0.0.1 mywindows.domain
> >>> 127.0.0.1 mywindows.domain mydb.db
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
>
Received on Mon Jun 09 2003 - 17:45:25 CDT
