Ugh! For every client?? Naah. DNS arose for a good reason. On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 17:31:05 +0100, you wrote:
>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
