Hi, Sorry, please disregard this thread. My system probably needed the monthly reboot... ;-) (works now)
Best regards, Jeroen Besse David Forrester wrote: > On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 16:13:41 UTC, Jeroen Besse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>In my hosts file, I have some hosts defined for local machines. Example: >>10.0.0.4 ibm >>10.0.0.3 sunshine >>10.0.0.2 lifetec >>10.0.0.1 linksys >> >>In CONFIG.SYS I have the line: >>SET USE_HOSTS_FIRST=1 >> >>With Netscape 4.61, when entering 'ibm', I end up on 'http://ibm/' and >>see the webserver on 10.0.0.4 >> >>With Mozilla 1.1b, I end up on 'http://www.ibm.com/'. Same happens if I >>enter 'http://ibm/'. This is not what I expect. >> >>AFAIK, Mozilla 1.0 acted like Netscape 4.61, using the hosts file. Did I >>miss some new configuration setting? Others experience this behaviour too? >> > > > I've just tried what you've said, and it points to "http://ibm/"; in > all cases. Now, what you describe as happening sounds like one of the > "smart browsing" options. When I looked at the preferences, there > isn't an option to turn it on or off. I'm sure I have seen it working > like described on my WinXP system at work. I'll have to test it on > Monday. > >
