[Xitami] local IP v. domain

[Brian {Hamilton Kelly}]

In message <002601c1fdbf$1a006960$0400a8c0@com>
   "Michael Bronder" writes:
> hmmmm.... thanks.
> 
> I've done this and rebooted a couple of times... all it does is send me to
> my router's config menu.  Granted, this is a file called "Hosts" in the
> Windows directory and the file type is "Sample"... there are no other
> "hosts" files about though, nor an "windows\system32\drivers\etc directory".

The file provided is, as you've discovered, a *sample* hosts file.  To
make it into a real one, you need to edit it as appropriate for your
situation, and also RENAME it so that its name is *actually* just "hosts"
--- without anything after the "dot".  (I thought that at least one of the
comments in the file actually said that you need to do this: perhaps M$
is making things even more obscure in newer releases?)

Perhaps your system is hiding known extensions, or something; try doing a
DIR in an MS-DOS command prompt, rather than farting about with the GUI.

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                          bhk@dsl.co.uk
    "We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one of
    distributed ignorance.  And we know and understand less while being incr-
    easingly capable."              Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs