Fair, understood, and appreciated answer. Cheers... Andy
-----Original Message----- From: Volker Kuhlmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 2004 7:35 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DNS Servers > OK... Two DNS Servers, Two IPs... Gotcha... > > Now, Why doesnt one work? Because it's the rule of the internet. Period. :) The internet was designed to be redundant. If one of your DNS servers disappears, the other will be queried. If there was only one, you would de facto no longer be reachable (as no-one else knows what your IP number is). Microsoft was offline once for 3 days because a techie stuffed up the DNS, the servers were fine... Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 1/09/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 1/09/2003
