How do I check how the site works on our servers without changing DNS?

If you want to check the website without waiting for the DNS update or without changing the DNS records of your domain from your ISP, you can directly specify the IP address of the domain in the system hosts file.

To do this, open a command line as an administrator. Press Win+R at the same time to start, then type cmd and press OK.

How do I check how the site works on our servers without changing DNS?

Or press the Win key and type cmd, then select the program to run.

How do I check how the site works on our servers without changing DNS?

After starting up, enter at the command prompt

notepad C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
How do I check how the site works on our servers without changing DNS?

A notepad will open to edit the hosts file, at the end of which you should add the line

91.203.4.56 tuthost.com

Instead of 91.203.4.56 – the IP address of your hosting server, instead of tuthost.com – your domain.

Example:

How do I check how the site works on our servers without changing DNS?

Press Ctrl+S to save changes

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