Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Sunday 29 May 2005 12:32 pm, James Knott wrote:
Really? 'Didn't know? ALL routers, no matter what make will hand out DNS addresses.....so will most HUBS. MANY HUBS will even do NAT. ???
Lessee know, according to my calendar, April 1 was a few weeks back.
Perhaps you're wrong?
I've never heard of a hub that's capable of anything more that regenerating and distributing packets. Also, a router does nothing more than forward layer 3 packets. Those Linksys and other boxes, include several functions, which *MIGHT* include DNS.
Any router that is responsible for making the connection to an ADSL or cable (or wireless) ISP would have to take on the function of a DNS forwarder. Who else is going to get the DNS IP addresses? And who would the router hand them off to?
Once it's obtained the info from the ISP, it can provide it to the computers, when they get their dhcp data.