Hardware Profile based Hosts file

Good day folks.

I am looking for a way to load a specific host file, based upon which hardware profile is being use.

Scenario: I use a work-provided laptop. When using the laptop at work (docked), I am able to access my own network resources just fine via WAN DNS servers - i.e. I am able to get to my http server from outside my residential LAN. However, when I log on to the network from home, I have to go and edit my hosts file to facilitate forcing specific URLs to resolve to a LAN IP vs. a WAN IP (as the router does not facilitate loopback resolution (if that makes sense)).

I would like to have a different host file load based upon the hardware profile - i.e. if I am docked in a port replicator, have the specific URLs resolve to the WAN IP (remove forcing specific URLs to a 192.168.x.x IP) and if I am not docked and I boot up, I would like specific URL to be forced to resolve to the 192.168.x.x LAN IPs.

I understand that I will still have to manually edit the hosts file if I am traveling (not-docked & outside of my LAN) and trying to touch my servers, but that is the exception vs. the norm.

Please review and advise if there is a means that I can force a different hosts file to load based upon hardware profiles, or if there is a means to address it in a different manner.

Thanks in advance!

 

Bump - Anyone have any ideas, yet? Please advise. Thanks.

-taw

 

Configuring a Laptop (or any computer) to connect to more than one Network.

http://www.ezlan.net/faq#fewtcp-ip

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