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ADD RRCCAIIIS01 TO LOCAL DNS

OPTION 1: EXPLORER/NOTEPAD

1. Log in as local admin

2. Navigate to C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\Etc
3. Click on the file “Hosts” this will bring up a dialog box
4. On the dialog box, select “Notepad” from the list and click “OK”
5. On the very bottom of line the file, type this: “10.186.205.56 {TAB}{TAB}
RRCCAIIIS01” (Where {TAB}, press the tab key)
6. Save and exit
7. To test, open IE and type “RRCCAIIIS01/PRiSM50” into the browser, if PRiSM comes
up, then you are done
8. If it does not come up, you may need to flush the DNS, to do this, start the command
prompt
9. Type IPCONFIG/FLUSHDNS and press {enter}
10. Wait a few seconds and repeat step 7

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OPTION 2: COMMAND PROMPT

1. Log in as local admin
2. Start the command prompt
3. Type the following ECHO 10.186.205.56
RRCCAIIIS01>>"C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS" and press {enter}
4. Type the following IPCONFIG/FLUSHDNS and press enter
5. To test, open IE and type “RRCCAIIIS01” into the browser, if PRiSM comes up, then you
are done

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Add RRCCAIIIS01 to local DNS.bat

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OPTION 3: SCRIPT
1. Run the attached script
2. If you are not logged in as local admin, you will be prompted for a password
3. After putting in the password, you may see notepad popup, this will happen if the entry
has already been made, if so, you should be able to just exit and be done
4. Most likely though, you will get the main menu, press L then {enter} to run on the local
machine
5. On the next screen, check to see if the very bottom says “10.186.205.56”, if it does, that
means the entry was successful, press {enter} to complete
6. The script will automatically handle the network reset, so all you have to do is wait until it
finishes, then test the connection in IE

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