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BornCoder
BornCoder

Reputation: 103

How to point an IP address to domain name

I have an IP address of a server (http://185.207.xxx.xxx/test2.php) and I want to open this as (http://domainname.com/test2.php) from my system.

when i edited my hosts file in /etc/hosts with following entry

185.207.xxx.xxx  domainname.com

but it is showing below error:

 Error: The requested URL can not be retrieved

Can anyone help me in resolving this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 118

Answers (1)

Starlord Live
Starlord Live

Reputation: 79

Try this , 185.207.xxx.xxx domainname

Not need to add .com and the hosts file must be edited as the Administrator or root user. In Windows, remember to open your text editor as the Administrator user.

Upvotes: 1

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