Re: TELNET ORDER OF SEARCH FOR HOSTS.LOCAL and DNS

[Jim]

On Dec 4, 1:42 pm, Michael Corbett <corb...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Randy Johnson wrote:
> > Mike,
>
> > Is there any way to check the hosts file first??
>
>         No, not that I'm aware of.
>

Perhaps you could use an alternate name? You could define anything
that is unique in your HOSTS.LOCAL and be able to reference it via
telnet since DNS won't resolve it.