How to resolve remote computer name

My DNS provider responds "success" to all requests, regardless of whether or not the name is valid. When using a web browser, for example, it will take me to a web page that displays marketing information and Google search results for whatever domain name I tried typing in. This is nuisance, but manageable when working with the web.
However, when dropping to the shell and trying to do something like "ssh {computername}", I am unable to do so because it attempts to connect to the wrong IP address.
How do I get Mac OSX to resolve these names on my local network using Bonjour or some other resolution protocol before sending it off to default DNS?
On Windows, NETBIOS kicks in names are resolved easily. Is something like this possible on Mac?
Message was edited by: parleer

Bonjour would be
computer-name.local
where the .local is the specify info you need.
You could use a different DNS server, such as the OpenDNS.org servers.
System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> DNS
Anything you enter will always be used first regardless of what the display says. You can verify this by looking at /etc/resolv.conf
You could also specify a search domain in the same Network DNS system preference. For example you could specify .local so by default Bonjour would be searched if you do not specify a domain in your search names.
Message was edited by: BobHarris

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