Host name for Second network card

[Smtha Mary]

Hi All

I have installed a second network card on a windows 2003 Server. I want to assign a host name for the IP. How can i do that !

Thanks
Smitha

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] windows 2003 Server [...]

Microsoft forums exist, so why ask in an
HP-UX forum?

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/home.do

[Shan Sunny]

Hi ,

1.You need at assign new host name in "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" file.
Eg: 192.168.1.1
But this will work locally only (from same system). If you want to access from any other systems, you need to update the "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" file with hostname and IP address on each clients in the network.

2.If you are using a DNS server on your network just update a new alias in DNS configuration with the specified hostname and IP address.(no need to do first step)

Your Points are highly appreciated.

Regards,
Shan