I am using Windows 8 developer preview (x64) for testing purposes. I want to access some local network resource by DNS. So, I've added next line to my hosts file (%sindir%/system32/drivers/etc/hosts):
169.254.1.20 host.local
but when I'am trying to ping host.local I get the following error
Ping request could not find host unsecure.local. Please check the name and try a
gain.
Trying to open it from IE also displays a connection error (local proxy not needed and turned off).
but the output of
C:\Users\moonorg>ipconfig /displaydns
displayed my host:
Windows IP Configuration
61.2.254.169.in-addr.arpa
----------------------------------------
Name does not exist.
20.1.254.169.in-addr.arpa
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Record Name . . . . . : 20.1.254.169.in-addr.arpa.
Record Type . . . . . : 12
Time To Live . . . . : 86400
Data Length . . . . . : 8
Section . . . . . . . : Answer
PTR Record . . . . . : host.local
189.0.254.169.in-addr.arpa
----------------------------------------
Name does not exist.
host.local
----------------------------------------
Record Name . . . . . : host.local
Record Type . . . . . : 1
Time To Live . . . . : 86400
Data Length . . . . . : 4
Section . . . . . . . : Answer
A (Host) Record . . . : 169.254.1.20
host.local
----------------------------------------
No records of type AAAA
So, it's looks like DNS resolving problem. How do I make my hosts file work?
UPD: Ping by IP works fine, so it's kind of name resolving problem.
