How To Add Hosts file entry in Windows to verify websites

How To Add Hosts file entry in Windows to verify websites :-

Adding host file entry to verify websites via below steps-

Steps 1. Add an entry in your system’s hosts file.

Hosts File Location for Windows :
%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\ (system root is c:\windows usually )

What we needs to be appended to this file ?

We need to append, for eg.:
182.17.10.1 example.info www.example.info

What it does ?
It tells our computer not to use the ip defined in DNS records, but use the one we appended.

now need to test via browser.

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