You can configure Cisco’s IOS to remember IP addresses for host, without havingto resort to a DNS lookup. Very much indeed like adding an entry to your/etc/hosts file. Router(config)# ip host example.invalid 192.168.1.1Router(config)# endRouter# sh hostDefault Domain is example.invalidName/address lookup uses domain serviceName servers are 255.255.255.255Codes: UN - unknown, EX - expired, OK - OK, ?? - revalidate temp - temporary, perm - permanent NA - Not Applicable None - Not definedHost ...