You have a hosts file on your computer (/etc/hosts) that your DNS server checks before it sends a request to the remote server. If you want to override an address to block ads or setup a server before it’s resolving to the Internet you can modify the hosts file.

The Easy Way:
Open NetInfo Manager (Applications -> [...]

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