include port in hosts file

04-15-2009, 12:35 AM

Is it possible to include port numbers in hosts file ?

So , an alias would map to a spefic port of a specific server.

04-15-2009, 01:04 PM

John A Grandy <johnagrandy-at-gmail-dot-com> wrote:
> Is it possible to include port numbers in hosts file ?
>
> So , an alias would map to a spefic port of a specific server.

No...hosts files simply map names to IP addresses.

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