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Workstation Primary & Secondary DNS
Hi
My networked Windows workstation has two DNS servers referenced in its IP config
The first, primary, DNS server is our local network's DNS server, the secondary, 8.8.8.8
If I ping a remote server, that isn't referenced by our local network's DNS server thern I don't obtain any responses
If, while seated in front of a PC that has 8.8.8.8 as it's primary DNS server, I do the same, my pings all get a response back
Why is it that the secondary DNS server, configured on my PC, doesn't kick in to take ove where the primary one failed ?
thanks
yann
My networked Windows workstation has two DNS servers referenced in its IP config
The first, primary, DNS server is our local network's DNS server, the secondary, 8.8.8.8
If I ping a remote server, that isn't referenced by our local network's DNS server thern I don't obtain any responses
If, while seated in front of a PC that has 8.8.8.8 as it's primary DNS server, I do the same, my pings all get a response back
Why is it that the secondary DNS server, configured on my PC, doesn't kick in to take ove where the primary one failed ?
thanks
yann
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