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Re: What is the IP for ldraw.org?
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Date: 
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:58:00 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
For a temporary fix, append the following line to
"/etc/hosts" (that's the name of the file in Unix):
130.226.51.217         hugin.risoe.dk www.ldraw.org
That way your machine will skip looking www.ldraw.org up
through DNS.
In Windows, looks for the hosts file in the main Windows directory.  If it isn't
there, create one.  If you use Notepad, be sure it doesn't change the filename
to hosts.txt when you save it.

...Cool!  :-,  I've needed this functionality on my NT box for a *long* time,
and it never occurred to me that MS could've gotten this one right.  ;-)

Thanks!

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
"Hello.  My name is Jeremy, and I'm a...a brick chewer."
  (in unison) "Hi, Jeremy."



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  Re: What is the IP for ldraw.org?
 
(...) In Windows, looks for the hosts file in the main Windows directory. If it isn't there, create one. If you use Notepad, be sure it doesn't change the filename to hosts.txt when you save it. Steve (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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