how do you add computer aliases in windows?

[bdog]

I do a lot of telneting to several different computers. I get tired of remembering the IP's for all off them. Is there somewhere I can specify alias's in windows like the /etc/hosts in unix? For example instead of having to type:

telnet 123.456.78.910

I could just type

telnet fred

and windows would know fred is 123.456.78.910

[Mntsnow]

Bdog get a little shareware utility called NETTERM by Intersoft International (btw it also works in Win2K!) its a great Telnet proggie http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

I use it at work as I have over 27 different servers that I have to interface with and it's great!

Mntsnow (cheap to register as well http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif)

Get it here (http://www.mntsnow.com/downloads/nt3249.exe)

*edited to add download from my website*

[This message has been edited by Mntsnow (edited 02-24-2000).]

[happyhamster]

I'm pretty sure it's much the same way in Win as in unix, just the location is different. On my Win98 machine, the addy is c:\Windows\hosts , and on Win2k it's c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts . Anyway, do a search for "hosts" and you will find it.

Hope this helps.

[ktwebb]

Yep, hosts file. The hosts file in windows is a .sam or sample file. Create a new hosts .txt file in the windows directory. Put quotations around the name when you save it. ex. "hosts"



[This message has been edited by ktwebb (edited 02-24-2000).]

[bdog]

Thanks for the replies. I downloaded the telnet program but haven't installed it yet. I am going to try to add them to the hosts file first.