At times you may be required to add a manual DNS entry to your Windows PC in order to override your DNS settings
Step 1 – Open Notepad as an Administrator |
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For example in Windows 10 click on Start, Type in Notepad, Right Click and choose Run as Administrator |
Step 2 – Browse to and open the Host File |
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c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.file |
Step 3 – Add in the required entry in the format of Ip Addresss > TAB > DNS Name |
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For example: 1.2.3.4 dropbox.com |
Step 4 |
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Save the file |