Support: Bundle-Track Speed: Server's Hosts file should list Server

Listing the Server in its own Hosts file can cut connection time for interactions with the Bundle-Track database.

1. On the Bundle-Track Server machine, identify the Machine Name (the name that identifies this machine on the network).
    
2. On the Bundle-Track Server machine, determine whether you have a Hosts file. Look in the following locations:
    
   • Windows 95/98/Me: c:\windows\hosts
      
   • Windows NT/2000/XP Pro: c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
      
   • Windows XP Home: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
      
3. Did you find the file?
    
   • If you did find the file, open it with Notepad.
     (You may need administrator access)
      
   • If you did NOT find the file, create one now:
      
     1. Click here to open a starter Hosts file. (This will open in a new window.)
         
     2. Using the File menu on that newly opened window, Save the file to the directory appropriate for your operating system (see the directories listed above).
         
        
     3. Locate that newly saved file and rename it to 'Hosts' instead of 'Hosts.txt'.
         
     4. Open the file in Notepad.
         
4. At the bottom of the file (past all the lines that begin with '#'), look for a line that ends with the Server's Machine Name.
    
5. Did you find your Machine Name listed?
    
   • If YES, then there's nothing more to do here. Go to the Last Step.
      
   • If NO, then add a line to represent it:
      
     1. Insert your IP address under the other(s).
        • Need to know how to identify your IP Address? Click Here.
           
     2. Tab to the right, and enter your Machine Name under the other(s).
         
6. Save and close the Hosts file.
    

Return links:

• Bundle-Track running slowly
• Network Server and Client Install
• Network Server and Client Relocation
• Network Server only Install
• Network Server only Relocation

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