Vnc Viewer not reading host file

[Ceri Hankey]

Michael,
What host file are you talking about?
under windows 2000+ it is in ...\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
regards
Ceri Hankey

Michael Murphy wrote:

>I am using Vnc viewer and it does not seem to be reading the host file. ..all
>my other programs access it just fine, when i try to use vnc viewer and type
>in a hostname instead of an ip i get the error:  getaddrinfo: No such host
>is known (11001). Using a hostname instead of an ip works with all of my
>other programs (coreftp, etc).  any ideas?   my partner has the exact same
>laptop and OS as I do and it works fine for him.  Just not for me.
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