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.
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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?