Local net addresses vs. www net addresses - how to configure?

[karnaf]

Hi,

I'm trying to configure my XP Pro computer to know that any address that ends with .local (e.g.

http://mysite.local

http://anotherone.local)

accessed by it will go to my local Linux server, but any other web address (e.g.

http://www.tek-tips.com

) will go to the outside world.

My home network is configured so that the XP is connected to the

http://www through

a cable modem (NIC #1) and connected directly with a crossed ethernet wire to my Linux server (NIC #2). Like this:

http://www <->

cable-modem <-> XP machine <-> Linux machine​

I couldnt find anything about this on the net and would appreciate any help.

Thanks!

 

[bcastner]

Make an entry in %windir%\drivers\etc\HOSTS

http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html

 

[karnaf]

It's like magic!!!

Thanks.

 

[karnaf]

Any option for using wildcards?
Something like

192.168.0.101  *.dev.local

 

[bcastner]

No, but multiple entries are allowed:

192.168.0.101 my.dev.loc your.dev.local more.dev.local