Florian, Jon,

> > then why not define an entry in your hosts file on the client
> > of the form


> When using /etc/hosts, make sure you /etc/nsswitch.conf file
> has something like:
> 
>       hosts:      files dns


Thanks! That was simple and it did the trick. I now understand better
how the lookup process works. Sorry for such a basic question.


Cheers,
Dave