How to visit your website before it resolves

It is possible to visit your website before it actually resolves to the Hostdeko servers.

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 instructions
  1. Install free software Notepad ++
  2. Browse to C:/Windows/windows32/system/drivers/etc/
  3. Open the "hosts" file with Notepad ++ (right mouse>edit with Notepad++)
  4. Add a new rule*
  5. Save (with administrator privilidges)

How to create the rule

First find the ip of your server, you will find it in your welcome mail. In this example the server is Pro1 with ip 84.22.109.29. The Domain is  pcinside.info. This will require the following rule

84.22.109.29 pcinside.info

Server IP overview

Pro1: 84.22.109.29
Node1: 84.22.103.9

Example file:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
84.22.109.29 www.pcinside.info

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