How to define IP and hostname of another PC in Windows XP?

Question

in Mac or Linux, we can simply define IP and hostname in /etc/hosts. Then we can call another local computer with hostname (not with IP) we defined. But in windows, How can I do that? Where can I edit such configuration?

Answer 1

The hosts file in Windows can be found at

%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

this is typically:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

The format in Windows is the same as in Linux.