iPad/iPhone - modify hosts file

PS -- the iPads are running 4.3.

Why do you need to force the iPad's - can't you tweak DNS?

I have to force a private IP to see a Jabber server. The domain is not registering properly on the LAN. It's an issue that I can't solve right now without a ton of work. Anyway only Jabber is affected. Modding host files is the fast way around it.

Are the devices Jailbroken and do you have SSH on them?

If they are and you do, then the hosts file can be found under /private/etc/hosts and you can use something like WinSCP.

If not, then I'm not sure how you are going to access the file(s) to edit them.

It has to be via a jailbreak.

ArneLovius,

You have the right answer, I'm sure, but I'm not a DNS expert and so this post will venture off-topic, I guess.

Our Windows 2008 DNS Server is "domainname.local" (I didn't set up this box).

Our Xserve Jabber domain name is "jabber-server.sample.com" with the IP 10.10.50.5.

When I go to add an A Record on the 2008 server on domainname.local, it FQDNs as "jabber-server.sample.com.domainname.local."

On the Apple server, I can ping "jabber-server.sample.com" and it resolves correctly to 10.10.50.5.

On the Windows server, I can ping "jabber-server.sample.com" but it resolves to OpenDNS, our DNS provider.

We do have other Forward lookup zones on the Windows server, including "domainname.com" and "companyname.com."

Is there any way I can add this A Record on my 2008 server, or some other way to let the LAN know where to find "jabber-server.sample.com?"