Hi John-7249,
UDP port 53 is the port used by OSX to resolve DNS.
The host tool on Max does not simply resolve names (as in, using the system name resolver) but actually queries dns servers (as in, sending packets to udp/53 and possibly tcp/53): it doesn't know nor use the local hosts file.
I suggest that you investigate the DNS settings on the problem device.
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