>Hi,
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>When you're connected, you have access to your ISP's DNS servers. If for some reason they are resolving the name "localhost" to something other than 127.0.0.1 that could be the problem.
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>I thought the HOSTS file always takes precedence over any DNS address resolution. Are there circumstances where this is not the case ? It also seems that localhost is mapped to 127.0.0.1 even if there is no entry in the HOSTS file
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>You might also want to check your local TCP/IP WINS setting, specifically "Enable LMHOSTS lookup" which should probably be enabled for your HOSTS file to be active.
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>Isn't LMHOSTS solely for NetBios name resolution ? I don't enable it and it doesn't affect whether the HOSTS file is used for lookup.
True on both counts.
Regards. Al
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