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I was doing some research and it appears as if you can use certain Cisco routers as DNS servers?<br />
Can someone briefly explain if this is better/worst than having a software based DNS solution (win2k DNS service etc)?<br />
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You can do the same with DHCP I saw too. &nbsp;Which would be better, using your router for just routing. Or using it as a DNS server etc?<br />
Thanks
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I was doing some research and it appears as if you can use certain Cisco routers as DNS servers?
Can someone briefly explain if this is better/worst than having a software based DNS solution (win2k DNS service etc)?

You can do the same with DHCP I saw too.  Which would be better, using your router for just routing. Or using it as a DNS server etc?
Thanks

Cisco being used as DNS server?

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.