Modify hosts file on a Netgear DG834GT

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Hey all

Anyone know if its possible to change the hosts file, or do the same via the Admin GUI so that I can map my own IP's to domains, from a Netgear DG834GT Router

Any ideas?

Cheers
 
there is no such thing as a host file on the router, the host file on Windows XP is kept in the Windows directory.

default : C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

You can right click the host file > open with notepad and add an entry.


Example
192.168.0.1 router.com

Hope this helps. Good Luck
 
looking to do it so it applies to the whole office though, and they all use macs (1 PC, 9 macs :p)

there MUST be a hosts file on the router, just wondered if it was accessible at all
 
Mort said:
looking to do it so it applies to the whole office though, and they all use macs (1 PC, 9 macs :p)

there MUST be a hosts file on the router, just wondered if it was accessible at all
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Routers will generally just use DNS passthrough to pass on DNS requests to your ISP's DNS servers. It doesn't "store" any DNS records.

If you want to redirect multiple users then set up an internal DNS server and point everyone to that server.
 
Mort said:
looking to do it so it applies to the whole office though, and they all use macs (1 PC, 9 macs :p)

there MUST be a hosts file on the router, just wondered if it was accessible at all
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It's a list of DNS records, i don't think you can modify this, you can view it through the web console though.
 
Make a DNS server yourself? just add a forwarder to an external ISP DNS on your own made DNS server. Then point your inside clients to your internal DNS. Solved? .. There are free DNS services out there. Good luck!
 
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