In this article I look at how you can use the hosts file on your windows computer to speed up access to sites that you visit a lot. How it works is that the hosts file converts that domain name into the appropriate IP address for you so that the request can be sent straight to the correct server rather than having to go to a Domain Name Server first to look up the address from there.

Speeding up Your Internet with a Local DNS Table

Tags: correct server, dns, Domain Name Server, host, ip address