Why would you have to set a DNS address or have it DHCP'd to you if you were going to broadcast the request? Unicast it is!
--Tim Kaminski, Shawn G wrote: > > This may be a silly question but I'm tired of searching for the > answer, so > here's the question: > > Does a Windows client send unicast or broadcast packets when > querying a DNS > server(s)? > > The reason I'm asking is that I was looking through my old CID > book and came > across the statement that "Windows clients send unicast packets > to the WINS > server at a well-known address". However, there is nothing > regarding this > when it comes to DNS. An Internet search came up with the same > thing > everywhere I looked: "the Windows client sends a DNS query". > What kind of > query? Unicast or Broadcast? > > Shawn G. Kaminski > EDS Network Engineering - DowNET > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44090&t=44060 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
