 
In the Name Resolution section, we wrote about a technique for
forcing the NBT cache to contain entries for critical servers on a network.
Even if the WINS server is down or the entries are corrupt, the cached
entries will allow name resolution. An LMHOSTS file is needed that contains
all of the server names, IP addresses and domain information, formatted
in a particular way. We have created a program that generates the LMHOSTS
file automatically and includes the #pre switch to load the entries into
cache and 0x1b entries for browsing. This program also generates batch
files that use "net view", "ping", "nslookup", and use nltest from the
NT Resource kit to test your network setup. Additionally, this program
will generate a batch file used to distribute the LMHOSTS file. This is
the seventh release (version 1.6). This software is freeware, spread it
around as you wish:
Download LMHOSTS Freeware Version 1.6
3.3 MB
Note:
We really like the built in database for maintaining the names, otherwise we would
write a simpler app.
With this version, it is likely that you will need to update some system files and reboot
before continuing the update. Also, we did find that on a pristine Windows95 install, setup wouldn't run because oleaut32.dll was too old. Yow! This is a pretty
generic program compiled with VB.
We did find out the scoop:
SETUP.EXE File Linked to Missing Export OLEAUT32.DLL:185
Summary: If you are installing this on Windows95, you might need to install
vbrun60.exe.
Don't install LMHOSTS Generator on your production servers, since it modifies
system files. Uninstall any previous versions of LMHOSTS generator if you reinstall.
Here is a new command line open source version. Just right-click and save.
Self extracting Microsoft Windows version 59k
Tarred/Gzipped Linux version 16k
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