how to add new DNS entry to your windows host machine

To do this.

1.         Go to this directory C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

2.         Open the “hosts” file with notepad or another text editor.

3.         Add the following lines at the end of the file or after  127.0.0.1       localhost

a.       e.g. 172.20.175.4    something.com.au

4.         Save the file.

This will now allow you to access the domains via their names.