I want to be able to change what IP is associated with lets say Server1 while still logged on (netbios not sockets/hosts). I can do this by modifying the LMHOSTS file but that requires a reboot for it ...

Domain Name Server If you have Windows XP or Windows 2000 hosts, they natively use DNS, without needing NetBIOS to resolve names—provided, of course, that you don't have any applications that require ...