I am not sure what changed in my network setting in the office but recently when I look up an entry from my windows hosts file (using ping) it resolves the name with a 1-2 second pause ,but if I add the same name as an FQDN it is resolved very quickly. Any ideas ?
Test 1: Add this to hosts file 192.168.100.100 server1
ping server1 --> resolves the name after 2 seconds
Test 2: Add this to hosts file 192.168.100.100 server1 server1.example.com
ping server1.example.com --> resolves the name quickly
Note : server1.example.com does not exist in any DNS. It is just an example. I use a different domain