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Expected behavior with duplicate NT hosts file entries?

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Mar 15, 202613657 views
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I know that you shouldn't have duplicate entries in your Windows NT hosts file, , but what is the expected behavior if you have them? You can have multiple entries with the same hostname but different addresses in the Windows NT hosts file ( ). When you access that host on the network, the Windows …

Error Output

127.0.0.1    mydomain.com
192.168.1.1  mydomain.com

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Only the first will be read. Once the name has been resolved, no further reading of the file takes place.

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