Hosts file priority

Everywhere Threads This forum This thread. Search Advanced…. Log in. Trending Search forums. What's new. New posts Latest activity. DNS and hosts file. Thread starter thirdlegstump Start date Feb 5, Sidebar Sidebar. Forums Hardware and Technology Networking. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Previous Next. Feb 12, 8, 0 0. Which takes priority when a browser or any application looks up a domain?

Hosts file or the DNS servers? Say I make a route change for google. Mar 19, 5, 2 0. It looks at the hosts file first. If it finds it in hosts, it doesn't go for a DNS request FWIW Scott. Dec 17, 3, 3 You know, it's easy to find out Keep in mind when editing these files you can run into conflicts, or ineffective changes if you do not reboot or purge the local name caches. To clear the DNS cache, at a command line enter:.

For the record, the Hosts file can also be used for IPv6 addressing. Vista for example includes the IPV6 localhost entry, by default:. I will edit the post. Thanks aluni. Your email address will not be published. Next Post: Remote support made easy. If you are planning on using this file it needs to be saved without a file extension — lmhosts. Be careful if using a text editor like NotePad as it will add a. Text following a in the LMHosts file is a comment and can be ignored or deleted.

Does anyone know how one might optimize or prioritize a connection to a particular URL using, I assume, 'host resolution priority' settings in the Optimizer? I've a radio connection that I hope to improve with my dial-up service.

Host resolution priority changes the priority of those 4 services. Those services are used for resolving ANY host, changing their numbers will not differentiate between resolving different hosts.

This, however, will only improve the initial name resolution of that host, and it will break your connection if their IP changes. OK after reading over this and going to the registry editor. I find that I have control sets and "current control set" should I have so many? As per the article, edit the "CurrentControlSet" registry hive.

Does this tweak actually work in Vista Ultimate? Or do I only change the DWord value from to 4? Am I supposed to keep the name LocalPriority unchanged? They're not only TCP resolution priorities, they do relate to other windows services as well. Are these ok to use in Win 7? What about changing these to 1,2,3,4??? It is best to use priority numbers not already occupied by other services, that's why the recommended values start from 4.

Philip, - what services occupy 1, 2, 3, 4 priorities? The DNS resolver only cares about the order of preference for mame resolution on a single machine. The actual number assigned is nothing else than the relative preference for name lookups. Nothing will improve name lookups here All rights reserved. Broadband Forums General Discussions. Telefonica Incompetence, Xenophobia or Fraud? Wireless Networks and WEP. Tiny Software Personal Firewall v1.