Only downside is that whenever the situation changes (on-site/remote) the HOSTS file needs to be changed.
Switchhosts windows#
The Windows HOSTS file is a list with IP addresses with their hostnames and can be found in the folder c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc. But there is a way that allows the use of hostnames even without a DNS server: the Windows HOSTS file. Another solution would be accessing the customers network using hostnames but the lack of a DNS server prohibited this option. One way of dealing with this situation was reconfiguring all tools and programs on the engineers laptop every time he switched between being remote or on-site. That is why for remote support a different range of IP addresses is used as opposed to being on-site at the customer. The new VPN tunnel to the customer uses double NAT (Network Address Translation). For accessing the servers, automation and devices the same IP addresses could be used as being on-site. With the old VPN between the company and the customer the on-site engineers could connect to their company and use the VPN tunnel to the customer. This had big influence on the way the on-site engineers connect to the customers servers and devices during remote support from home in the weekends. Optionally keeps your Windows session unlockedĪpplication hides in the Windows system trayĭue to company policy the VPN tunnels to customers for remote support changed. Open VPN connection program when HOSTS configuration changes Switch between 2 or more HOSTS configurations It can hold several HOSTS settings which can be switched from the system tray by clicking the SwitchHosts icon. SwitchHosts - to switch the Windows HOSTS file for VPN connections using IP translation.
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