Adding host names

To add a new host name, choose the Add Host Name command of HostName Commander, by clicking on the appropriate button in the toolbar, or by pressing the Ins key. This command will open the Add New Host Name dialog box:

This dialog box has the following areas:

Host Name

The host name you want manage with HostName Commander

Comment for this host name

An optional descriptive text you want to be displayed in the window next to the host name itself. The maximum length of test that you can enter here is 255 characters, including spaces and punctuation.

Connect this host name to the exiting IP address

Select the existing IP address you want to map this host name to.

Create a new IP address for this host name

Select this option if you want to create a new IP address and map this host name to it.

Note that you can also add a new IP address to the HostName Commander window without adding a new host name to it. To do that, choose the Add IP Address from the menu or press the Ctrl+Ins keys to display the

The Add New IP Address dialog box lets you enter the IP address and comment for the new group of host names. Note that you can create several groups of host names even if they are mapped to the same numerical IP address, to be able to quickly enable/disable such groups of host names independently on each other.

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