Hostname DBSERVER1 in the first example is IP address 10.163.60.36 and in the second example 172.19.11.24. # localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself. Number of seconds between mouse moves (0.
#SWITCHHOSTS CHROME WINDOWS#
Keep Windows session active (1 = Enablede, 0 = Disabled) SwitchHosts about box and system tray menu As long as it is started from the same folder this confirmation is not needed after the first run. The Windows User Account Control (UAC) will prompt for confirmation. The first time SwitchHosts is started it elevates itself by registering with the highest privileges. In version 1.2 an option is added to keep Windows unlocked/awake not to loose the VPN connection. Just choose the setting you need from the SwitchHosts system tray menu and the corresponding HOSTS file will be copied to the c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc folder, overwriting the old HOSTS file.Īs from version 1.1 SwitchHosts can also popup the VPN connection whenever a different HOSTS file is selected. This system tray application does the trick in no time. Only downside is that whenever the situation changes (on-site/remote) the HOSTS file needs to be changed. The Windows HOSTS file is a list with IP addresses with their hostnames and can be found in the folder c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc. But there is a way that allows the use of hostnames even without a DNS server: the Windows HOSTS file. Another solution would be accessing the customers network using hostnames but the lack of a DNS server prohibited this option. One way of dealing with this situation was reconfiguring all tools and programs on the engineers laptop every time he switched between being remote or on-site. That is why for remote support a different range of IP addresses is used as opposed to being on-site at the customer. The new VPN tunnel to the customer uses double NAT (Network Address Translation). For accessing the servers, automation and devices the same IP addresses could be used as being on-site. With the old VPN between the company and the customer the on-site engineers could connect to their company and use the VPN tunnel to the customer. This had big influence on the way the on-site engineers connect to the customers servers and devices during remote support from home in the weekends. Optionally keeps your Windows session unlockedĪpplication hides in the Windows system trayĭue to company policy the VPN tunnels to customers for remote support changed. Open VPN connection program when HOSTS configuration changes Switch between 2 or more HOSTS configurations It can hold several HOSTS settings which can be switched from the system tray by clicking the SwitchHosts icon.
You’ll notice the IP address is what is shown in your browser’s location bar, but what you have set as the “VHost Domain” is actually being sent to the server when you request a page.SwitchHosts - to switch the Windows HOSTS file for VPN connections using IP translation. Now you can simply navigate to your domain in your browser and it should load from your Rochen IP. VHost IP: This is your account’s public IP address, which can be found in your MyRochen ‘Manage Hosting’ page for the plan, or via the ‘System Information’ page in cPanel.Įnable: Leave this ticked to activate the extension, or disable it when not needed. Note that if your site redirects to the ‘here. VHost Domain: You’ll enter your domain name here.
When you click the button, you should see three options available: Once installed, you should see a button in the upper right corner of your browser window that looks like this: There is a nifty Chrome extension that can be used as an alternative to a modified hosts file for easily reviewing your sites prior to changing DNS.
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