Yes, that should also work, provided tha machine is configured to use the hosts file.
Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 October 2004 17:08 > To: 'James Weatherall'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Aliases for hostnames in viewer > > Wez > Could he also just add them to his host file? > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Weatherall > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 6:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Aliases for hostnames in viewer > > Eric, > > One way to achieve this is to save a .vnc connection-info > file for each host. You can then name the file whatever you choose. > Alternatively, you could set up some DNS aliases for the machines. > > Cheers, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Carlson > > Sent: 04 October 2004 11:53 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Aliases for hostnames in viewer > > > > I have a bunch of servers on a LAN with static IP's and have routed > > then through the firewall with individual port mappings. > For example I > > use http://mydomain.com:9999 to map to the machine on the > LAN with IP > > 192.168.62.7 listening on port 5900. This works great, there are a > > dozen machines variously running W2000/XP/Linux available. > The problem > > is I can't easily reemember which is which! They do all > have their own > > hostnames on the LAN which I know, so what I'm after is an alias > > facility such that in the vncviewer url box I can key in "morpheus" > > and have it map to the URL I gave, rather than having to > remember the > > portnames for each host. > > > > Cheers > > > > - ec > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
