How to call a website from pc using a non registered domain name?

Question

Usually When you ping a website (e.g Google.com) it replies with a specific Ip My question is: Is there anyway where you can call a website and replies with an IP you have set manaually like 1.2.3.4

meaning if I ping google.com from my pc it will reply with 1.2.3.4

As written, I interpret it as: it seems like you are trying to fake/redirect a domain name - e.g. have google.com go to a different IP. If you are only doing this on your PC then you can add google.com and the fake IP (1.2.3.4) to your hosts file. Windows always checks here first... If this is needed on a whole network then things are a little trickier. — Kinnectus, Aug 19 '14 at 08:47
@Big Chris that's what I meant exactly thanx for the guidance — Mehdi, Aug 19 '14 at 09:38
Note that it won't "just work", you need a responding server on that IP. — gronostaj, Aug 20 '14 at 06:52
Related: How to redirect a URL to a certain IP, as with /etc/hosts? and using /etc/hosts to point url path. — Scott - Слава Україні, Aug 23 '14 at 01:38

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '14 at 10:10

You'll have to set that in your Hosts file.

Windows

Run Notepad as Administrator, and open

C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

Add your entry:

1.2.3.4 google.com

And save.

Linux

nano /etc/hosts

Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.1.8

sudo nano /private/etc/hosts

Add your entry, save and close the file, then

dscacheutil -flushcache

How to call a website from pc using a non registered domain name?

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Windows

Linux

Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.1.8