Problem with Hosts file

I'm attempting to redirect a url by adding an entry in the hosts table.
Neither the SBS 2000 server nor workstations will resolve correctly and I
end up with the dns location.
This is confirmed if I ping the address by name; it goes to the dns address.
If I change the entry to 127.0.0.1 or even 0.0.0.0 then pinging by name does
reflect those values.

The entry works fine at home.

I have re-created the hosts file in notepad, flushed the dns and purged and
refreshed the remote cache.
I have also checked the resolving order in the registry.

Any thoughts please!

Steve
Thu Nov 29 05:44:28 PST 2007

Chris Curtis wrote:

>I'm attempting to redirect a url by adding an entry in the hosts table.
>Neither the SBS 2000 server nor workstations will resolve correctly and I
>end up with the dns location.
>This is confirmed if I ping the address by name; it goes to the dns
>address.
>If I change the entry to 127.0.0.1 or even 0.0.0.0 then pinging by name
>does reflect those values.
>
>The entry works fine at home.
>
>I have re-created the hosts file in notepad, flushed the dns and purged
>and refreshed the remote cache.
>I have also checked the resolving order in the registry.
>
>Any thoughts please!

If the client browser is configured to use the SBS as a proxy, then the
SBS will be responsible for the name resolution rather than the client.

If you want to falsify DNS resolution in an SBS environment, adding them
to the DNS server as local forward zones is by far the most reliable
method (everyone gets the false information, and it's all on the server in
an easily manageable form [ie no buggering about with Hosts files]).

--
Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
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Chris
Thu Nov 29 06:30:53 PST 2007


"Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" <steve.foster@picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
news:xn0fe9uod16cdhi00g@msnews.microsoft.com...
> Chris Curtis wrote:
>
>>I'm attempting to redirect a url by adding an entry in the hosts table.
>>Neither the SBS 2000 server nor workstations will resolve correctly and I
>>end up with the dns location.
>>This is confirmed if I ping the address by name; it goes to the dns
>>address.
>>If I change the entry to 127.0.0.1 or even 0.0.0.0 then pinging by name
>>does reflect those values.
>>
>>The entry works fine at home.
>>
>>I have re-created the hosts file in notepad, flushed the dns and purged
>>and refreshed the remote cache.
>>I have also checked the resolving order in the registry.
>>
>>Any thoughts please!
>
> If the client browser is configured to use the SBS as a proxy, then the
> SBS will be responsible for the name resolution rather than the client.
>
> If you want to falsify DNS resolution in an SBS environment, adding them
> to the DNS server as local forward zones is by far the most reliable
> method (everyone gets the false information, and it's all on the server in
> an easily manageable form [ie no buggering about with Hosts files]).
>
> --
> Steve Foster [SBS MVP]

Thanks Steve I'll try that

Chris