DNS Search Order

[Cricket Liu]

On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 02:11  PM, Drew wrote:

> I've got a general question about DNS Search Order.
>
> I suppose this is mostly a client side question:
>
> Say I've set my machine up to use 3 different name servers.
>
> Now assume that the first two name servers are down or unavailable.
>
> Will my machine continue to use the 3rd name server or will it try to
> use the first two nameservers on subsequent requests?
>
> Does this work the same whether I'm on Linux or Windows?

No, it doesn't.

Most Linux resolvers are based on BIND, which doesn't dynamically
reorder name servers.  Windows 2000 and newer resolvers, however,
can reorder name servers if the DNS Client service is running.

cricket

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