Multiple DNS entries

Baby question on DNS servers.

When you create a network connection, you can specify mutliple DNS servers
to be queried.

Here is the question: Are the multiple DNS servers purely for redundancy
(if 1 isn't available, go to 2, etc).

OR

If the entry you're looking to translate doesn't appear in 1, then go check
2 and so on?

Thanks!

Hi Kevin,

It is used in case your primary DNS goes down then secondary server can be
used.

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Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

"Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Baby question on DNS servers.
>
> When you create a network connection, you can specify mutliple DNS servers
> to be queried.
>
> Here is the question: Are the multiple DNS servers purely for redundancy
> (if 1 isn't available, go to 2, etc).
>
> OR
>
> If the entry you're looking to translate doesn't appear in 1, then go
> check
> 2 and so on?
>
> Thanks!

Hi Kevin

DNS searches your Primary DNS server. If this cannot be contact *OR* no
results are retrieved from this DNS server, it then trys the Secondary One.

Cheers,

Nick

"Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns970A99BEC650KStringerHuFriedycom@207.46.24 8.16...
> Baby question on DNS servers.
>
> When you create a network connection, you can specify mutliple DNS servers
> to be queried.
>
> Here is the question: Are the multiple DNS servers purely for redundancy
> (if 1 isn't available, go to 2, etc).
>
> OR
>
> If the entry you're looking to translate doesn't appear in 1, then go
> check
> 2 and so on?
>
> Thanks!