Perhaps windows does something akin to BOOTP. To see BOOTP in action,
use the telnet/ftp APM ... it quearies the server to get DNS and a bunch
other information.
l.d.
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On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 04:47:30 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> 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?
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