Q. Can this behavior be changed? When TCPware does a lookup on a host name and the host name is available in DNS and the hosts. file, it gives the answer found in the hosts. file and not in DNS.

A. By default the TCPware resolver looks in the hosts. file first (local) and then in DNS (bind). The order is determined by the logical TCPWARE_SVCORDER. You can redefine this logical when TCPware starts by adding the symbol TCPIP_SVCORDER to the file TCPWARE:TCPWARE_CONFIGURE.COM. Adding the following line to the file would change the lookup order form the default of "local,bind" to "bind,local".

$ TCPIP_SVCORDER == "bind,local"