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TCP/IP. DNS Server. The DNS Server has one primary function: to resolve host names to an IP address. Primary DNS Server. A Primary DNS Server is one that is the primary authority for the zone database records for a particular zone
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DNS Server • The DNS Server has one primary function: to resolve host names to an IP address
Primary DNS Server • A Primary DNS Server is one that is the primary authority for the zone database records for a particular zone • The primary DNS server for abc.com first tries to resolve the request locally by checking its own records.
WINS • The Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) provides tools that helps Windows to manage the NetBIOS names of servers and workstations in a TCP/IP networking environment. • Resolves NetBIOS names to IP addresses
WINS Features • WINS is dynamic, and is updated when machines are started or stopped, or by replication with other WINS Services. • When a name is registered, it will be reserved for that one computer, further simplifying naming schemes. Each computer will always have its own unique name.
HOSTS Files • In TCP/IP networks, all known host names and their associated IP addresses are stored in a simple text file called HOSTS.
Time To Live (TTL) • Some hosts know about others who know about them, the packets sometimes ended up in a circle, routing. • This routing loop was controlled with a Time To Live (TTL) value included in each packet.
Dynamic and Static IP • Dynamic – assigned by DHCP • Static – manually entered, fixed