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Old 09-14-2002, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by nuceman
Is there any way I could
just tell eq to connect to localhost instead of
it trying to connect to my ip so that it doesnt
get stuck in the router?
That's the point of the hosts file. Take a look here for some more referance http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html The site mostly talks about using the hosts file to block unwanted internet sites, but also explaines a bit about it too.
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