Re: Arachne and Onetel.net

[Thomas Mueller]

>They don't change their servers as much as a "dynamic DNS" 
sounds like. Its really so they don't have to tell windows users the 
address; it gets it automatically. All you need to know is the 
modem number, username and password. Windows can 
apparently even get things like proxy server info as well, etc.
>

How come Windows can get DNS address while other OSes can't?  What special
ability does Windows have in this regard?