Coalwater... You can also equate DNS with being a phone book (or directory assistance), you look up a name and get the phone number - that is the easiest for non-techs to understand
Kerry On Oct 31, 10:50 am, Mohammad AbuShady <[email protected]> wrote: > DNS stands for Domain Name Server, sites can't be accessed by just > likewww.yahoo.com, this name goes through a DNS and looks it up to get the > real > ip like "69.147.114.224" (try copy and paste this ip to your browser and it > will go to yahoo) > If the DNS fails to retrieve the site's ip, it won't be able to access the > site and you will get an error. > > ~Coalwater~ > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 5:45 PM, tonita <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks to all who responded. Actually, what I did was unplug the > > router, shut everything down and restart. That seems to have taken > > care of the problem. > > > But, what is this DNS you are referring to? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
