Hi I'm afraid that you are mistaken - you are not currently using VNC Viewer Free Edition.
Given what you have described, it sounds like the other programs are NOT using the hosts file, but are instead using legacy name-lookup APIs, which fall back to using WINS name lookup if DNS, hosts etc lookup fails. VNC Viewer Free Edition will also use these legacy APIs and so will also work if this is the case. Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 May 2007 12:31 > To: James Weatherall > Subject: Re: Vnc Viewer not reading host file > > My host file is being used by the other programs. I have just > recently put that new host file > in,(windows\system32\drivers\etc) with all the hostnames > assigned. it works fine with my other programs, everyone > else's pc's it seems to work fine, except for mine. and i > am using the vnc viewer free edition. > > thanks. > > > On 5/10/07, James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > From what you describe, it sounds like your hosts file > is not being used by > any of your other applications either, and that they'll > be using the legacy > APIs and falling back to NetBIOS name lookup instead. > > If you switch to using VNC Viewer Free Edition then you > should find that > you'll be able to connect. > > Cheers, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Michael Murphy > > Sent: 09 May 2007 23:53 > > To: VNC-List@realvnc.com <mailto:VNC-List@realvnc.com> > > Subject: Vnc Viewer not reading host file > > > > I am using Vnc viewer and it does not seem to be reading the > > host file. ..all > > my other programs access it just fine, when i try to use vnc > > viewer and type > > in a hostname instead of an ip i get the error: getaddrinfo: > > No such host > > is known (11001). Using a hostname instead of an ip works > > with all of my > > other programs (coreftp, etc). any ideas? my partner has > > the exact same > > laptop and OS as I do and it works fine for him. > Just not for me. > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > VNC-List@realvnc.com <mailto:VNC-List@realvnc.com> > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
