what is dns and haw i can set up it ?

Question

for windows xp

Answer 1

Domain Name System
Purpose

Domain Name System (DNS), a locator service in Microsoft Windows, is an industry-standard protocol that locates computers on an IP-based network. IP networks, such as the Internet and Windows networks, rely on number-based addresses to process data. Users however, can more easily remember name addresses, so it is necessary to translate user-friendly names (www.microsoft.com) into addresses that the network can recognize (207.46.131.137).

Configuring DNS on Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305553

Answer 2

ok.first dns is the acronym or short form for domain name system.
These are servers located across the world for the purposes mentioned above...that is to convert the web sites we type to ip addresses..now ip address is an adress which actually is assigned to every computer that accesses the internet and that is unique and set every time u access the net...there r only about 13-18 dns servers in the world.....these stores and matches the websites to the i p addresses....there fore connecting to the server that he site reffers to.........
now i dont think it is easy and allowed to be set up by any1 and every1...(dns servers)
now what i said was dns servers.



normaly dns could be a normal web site...ww.-------.com/org etc...
u get to make a web site by bying a website for some money and then creating it with softwares or html.....
hope this helps

Answer 3

Dns is a Domain name service.
Every web server on the internet has an IP Address.
DNS Server converts a IP address into a Domain name.

say your server IP is 216.147.158.547, then on a DNS Server you can educate it to read mysite.com.

when you register a domain name you have the option to specifiy the DNS Server. you either use their dns server or choose some other Dns Server(such as your ISP). then at that DNS Server you can point your domain name to your IP.

on windows xp you can not really have a DNS Server. it requires alot of managment. if you have a domain name just use their DNS Server and point it to your Web Server IP.

Answer 4

You have to specify what you want to do. that information is not enought.

DNS
Short for Domain Name System (or Service or Server), an Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. Because domain names are alphabetic, they're easier to remember. The Internet however, is really based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, therefore, a DNS service must translate the name into the corresponding IP address. For example, the domain name www.example.com might translate to 198.105.232.4

Answer 5

The domain name system (DNS) stores and associates many types of information with domain names, but most importantly, it translates domain names (computer hostnames) to IP addresses. It also lists mail exchange servers accepting e-mail for each domain. In providing a worldwide keyword-based redirection service, DNS is an essential component of contemporary Internet use.

Useful for several reasons, the DNS pre-eminently makes it possible to attach easy-to-remember domain names (such as "wikipedia.org") to hard-to-remember IP addresses (such as 207.142.131.206). Humans take advantage of this when they recite URLs and e-mail addresses. In a subsidiary function, the domain name system makes it possible for people to assign authoritative names without needing to communicate with a central registrar each time.

Answer 6

it's a server, it stands for domain name system, to set it up, you must have windows 2003 server installed (or any windows server).