Windows Hosts File and IP Address Aliases

From Relyimah

For those Linux users out there that are forced to use Windows, the /etc/hosts file is something you may be familiar with.

Windows has this, too, and below is the default contents. Use it as you usually would:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
 
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
 
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
 
# For example:
 
# 102.54.94.97   rhino.acme.com  # source server
# 38.25.63.10    x.acme.com      # x client host
 
127.0.0.1       localhost