Re: name resolution order
From: Jeff Cochran (jeff.nospam_at_zina.com)
Date: 10/19/04
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:08:22 GMT
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:24:07 -0400, "djc" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
>I knew this at one time but I think I need a refresher. The order of name
>resolution mechanisms used by Windows clients IN ORDER from 1st to last are:
Dependent on whether you're talking TCP/IP name resolution or NetBIOS
name resolution.
TCP/IP:
Hosts
DNS
Cache
WINS
Broadcast
LMHosts
NetBIOS:
Cache
WINS
Broadcast
LMHosts
Hosts
DNS
Now, if you need the seven layers of the OSI model to help bone up on
your NT4 MCSE exams... :)
Jeff
>1) hosts or lmhosts files
>2) any configured DNS or WINS servers
>3) broadcasts
>
>Thats how I remember it.... but its been a while.
>
>1) could someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
>2) I am confused about the order with regard to the different types of
>'names'. Meaning, in my recollection of the order (which may be wrong) it
>combines both DNS and NETBIOS name resolution methods in the same 'tier'...
>this would lead one to believe that the machine firsts attempts say, the
>hosts file, which is for DNS host names, then it tries the lmhosts file,
>which is for NETBIOS names, etc... does it keep flopping back and forth
>between name types like that or does it exhaust all DNS methods before
>moving to NETBIOS methods or vice versa?
>
>any info is apprecated. thanks!
>
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