Re: Computer will not find DNS automatically...

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"DD" <tobytoby50@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> pcbutts1 wrote:
>> The "Hosts" file in Windows and other operating systems is used to
>> associate host names with IP addresses. Host names are the www.yahoo.com
>> addresses that you see every day. IP addresses are numbers that mean the
>> same thing as the www words - the computers use the numbers to actually
>> find the sites, but we have words like www.yahoo.com so humans do not
>> need to remember the long strings of numbers when they want to visit a
>> site.
>>
>> For instance, the host name for Yahoo! is www.yahoo.com, while its IP
>> address is 204.71.200.67 Either address will take you to Yahoo!'s site,
>> but the www address will first have to be translated into the IP address.
>> If you type in the IP address directly, your computer will not have to
>> look it up.
>>
>> A series of steps are used when searching for IP addresses that go with
>> these host names. The first step is the hosts file on your local
>> computer. The Hosts file tells your computer what the name is in numbers
>> so the computer can go find it. If the IP address is found in your Hosts
>> file, the computer will stop looking and go to that site, but if it is
>> not it will ask a DNS computer (domain name server) for the information.
>> Since the search ends once a match is found.
>>
>>
> Great explanation! Since I do not have a hosts file, does this mean my
> computer is asking the DNS computer every time? I suspect that pages take
> longer to load than they used to.
>
> DD


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