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Use name instead of IP address for home network

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Mar 15, 202664315 views

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I have IIS7 on my computer, and I can access it through other computers in my house on the same network through my computer's IP address - 192.168.1.10x Instead of typing in http : //192.168.1.10x/ I want to be able to go to http : //somename/ I know you can change the hosts file to add it but I'd …

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this can be done without a DNS server using the broadcast names (the machines name) so you could type http://mypc/ from within your network Majority of routers have DHCP and their own DNS servers so you most likely have a DNS server already.

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Use name instead of IP address for home network

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