DNS stands for Domain
Name System/Service/Server. DNS helps lookup the address of the server. For
example, the address of Google is 216.58.209. The server address can be found
by pinging.
For example, if you want
the machine address of yahoo,
Open command prompt (by
opening run by pressing windows+r keys and enter cmd and press enter)
Type ping www.yahoo.com
and hit enter
In the above image, the
marked address is the server address. This address is what DNS looks up when
user enters the human readable address(www.yahoo.com) of yahoo in the browser
address and hits enter.
The Internet Service
Providers already assigns DNS. But the DNS like Google DNS, Open DNS and many
other DNS Services can be used that looks up for the address of servers a bit
faster.
To assign a DNS for your
internet connection,
Find the network icon in
the tray, click it and Open Network and Sharing Center
Click on Local Area
Connection
Local Area Connection
Status Window appears
Click on Properties
Click on Internet
Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
Click on properties
Choose - Use the
following DNS server address
Enter the DNS as shown
below(for Gogle DNS is 8.8.8.8. and 8.8.4.4) in the Preferred DNS server and
Alternate DNS server fileds
There are many DNS
services like OpenDNS and Norton DNS.
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