A wildcard type mask for I.E. ?

[Yossarian451]

Maybe this should be an os, but I figure that I.E. is more software than os, so here goes. For some address that I frequently type I was wondering if I could add some lines somewhere to make them shorter.

E.G. I type lots of different addresses within my university network that all end in .tamu.edu but all begin with different subdomain or set of sub-subdomains, what if I only needed to replace the .tamu.edu with .t* and it would know that I meant .tamu.edu. I have almost no experience but I was thinking the host file might be able to do something like this.

I was hoping that some of my more frequently typed address I could add and equivalent .x* and make life easier. Kind of I guess an alias more than a wildcard but hey just thinking.

Pre-thanks for any help.

 

[Fiveohhh]

you could try something like this http://www.download.com/ShortK...5669.html?tag=lst-4-12

 

[Yossarian451]

I guess I forgot to mention that I was really hoping that I could do it without using 3rd Party Software. Just wanted to see if some type of configuration or registry key or something would work.

 

[Fiveohhh]

If its one specific ip your going to you could try using a host entry like this:

I've never tried this so not sure if it would work..



# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 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

127.0.0.1 localhost
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx bobscomputer

 

[igowerf]

At my university, if you're on the school network, you can just type the subdomain and it'll send you to the website.

 

[Yossarian451]

I am not on the university network but at home, though I use the many pages on the network all the time at least 20 different a day. I was trying to find a way to simplify some of the addresses