[Fwd: Re: DNS configuration Tool]

[charles norwood]

On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 05:55, Jeff Lasman wrote:
> On Friday 02 January 2004 02:26 am, Ade wrote:
> 
> > In any order - is this true?
> 
> Short answer: Yes.
> 
> > Wont it try primary first and then if
> > no response, try secondary etc ??
> 
> Short answer: Nope.  Which is one reason why they're no longer called 
> primary and secondary, but rather master and slave.
> 
> Longer answer: if my recollection is reliable, DNS gets queried in the 
> order in which the nameservers are returned, and accepts the answer 
> from the first one it gets.  Which depends on network speed, 
> geographical location, and lots of other variables you can't control.
> 
> Jeff
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Thanks for your help.  My understanding of how DNS works is much better now.