Grass Valley Profile XP Aug 16 2004 - Manual (Page 281)

Manually Edit the hosts file on each Profile XP
23 July 2004 Profile XP System Guide 281
Manually Edit the hosts file on each Profile XP
NOTE: Perform this step if you disabled Autohost file administration earlier.
The hosts file is used by the video network to determine the IP address of devices on the
network when only a the device name is given. The steps that follow describe how to edit
the hosts file located at c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. If you include the names
and addresses of all the devices on the network, then you can copy the same file onto all
the other Profile XP systems instead of editing the hosts file on each Profile XP system.
NOTE: An alternative to manually editing the hosts file is to use the Autohosts file
administration feature discussed earlier.
To update your hosts file manually:
1. Open the following file using Notepad or some other text editing application.
c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
2. The text format is simple. First type the Ethernet IP address, then use the TAB key
or Space bar to insert a few spaces. Now type the machine name, such as Profile1 .
On the next line, type the IP address of the video network Ethernet interface of the
same Profile XP followed by the machine name again, only this time, add the
characters
_le0 .
Here is an example:
192.168.99.1 Profile1
192.168.101.1 Profile1_le0
192.168.99.2 Profile2
192.168.101.2 Profile2_le0