ETC HOSTS question

[Huegel, Thomas]

I have a very simple need for Name Services, so I use the ETC HOSTS file.
 
I recently had a change to ETC HOSTS but I can't find a way to get TCP/IP to
recognize my change.
Is there a way, other that recycling TCPIP, to get the stack to reprocess
the ETC HOSTS file?
 
Thanks
Tom