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Hi Everyone:<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; What is the significance of DNS numbers within a router? &nbsp;Are they like telephone numbers contained within a telephone book which provide navigation or direction for dialing into various servers to access the internet or another computer?<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Any followup thoughts to this question will be appreciated.<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Thank you<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;George
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Hi Everyone:

        What is the significance of DNS numbers within a router?  Are they like telephone numbers contained within a telephone book which provide navigation or direction for dialing into various servers to access the internet or another computer?

         Any followup thoughts to this question will be appreciated.

         Thank you

         George

What are DNS numbers within a router?

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.

Routers

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.