For Windows 7,
- Open Notepad in Run as Administrator mode.
Now you can see these lines...
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself. # 127.0.0.1 localhost # ::1 localhost
Add new line for your domain.
After the change it will be like this...
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself. # 127.0.0.1 localhost # ::1 localhost 10.40.0.9 xxx.com 10.40.0.10 yyy.com
Now save the hosts file. If it prompts to save it elsewhere then you forgot to open Notepad as administartor.
- Go to Windows' command promt and run this command
ipconfig /flushdns
- Open your browser and try to browse xxx.com and yyy.com etc. Should work fine.
Note to remove '#' sign, because 127.0.0.1 doesn't require the hosts file to resolve and the '#' sign denotes a comment line.