Open DNS was one of the first companies to do this and they offer family protection for free. Google also provide a public DNS service. See Understanding Host name resolution methods.
Because they are in the same broadcast domain windows networking will resolve the names and IP addresses, even if the IP addresses change. If you have problems connecting to resources on the Internet then DNS is one of the first things to check. The main troubleshooting tool is nslookup and it is available on all of the main operating systems. See using nslookup. The DNS system provides a domain name to IP address mapping for devices connected to the Internet, and it is crucial to the working of the Internet.
What then happens to the hosts file if it has become obsolete? You would get the Gateway address from the router and you can assign it to any valid internal IP address. The dns address of the dns server would need to be a valid one. I use the Google dns of 8. Thank you good material. Now I need to be able to configure my Windows dns server which we need? Your email address will not be published. DNS Basics — Understanding Why we Need it All devices computers etc that are connected to the Internet, your own network, or company network are identified by an IP address; which is a number.
IP addresses are easy for computers to process but they are not so easy for people to remember. Here is the host file taken from my PC. Updates were difficult to manage as all of the computers would need to be given an updated file. To overcome these and other limitations the DNS system was developed. The DNS system essentially provides for: A way to organize the names- Domain name structure Protocols ,services and methods for storing,updating, and retrieving IP addresses for hosts computers.
Domain Name Structure The hosts file is simply a list of names and IP addresses with no structure making it difficult to scale to a large number of machines.
However you need to have access to a DNS server. Most security internet product suites will use some form of filtered DNS. DNS server addresses are: IP addresses are : 8. Terms like zones, zone files, caching server etc. This video is a good introduction to understanding those basic terms. Summary The DNS system provides a domain name to IP address mapping for devices connected to the Internet, and it is crucial to the working of the Internet. Please rate? And use Comments to let me know more.
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