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When will the secondary DNS take over from the primary DNS?

2007-05-30 00:27:56 · 3 answers · asked by Olumuyiwa A 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking

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If the primary name server fails to respond, whether it be down or just overloaded at the time, the request will be sent to the secondary / slave server. In fact some admins use this for load balancing.

2007-05-30 00:48:25 · answer #1 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

If the primary DNS Server goes down the secondary takes it place.

2007-05-30 00:38:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

as soon as the subnet gives up it's mask

2007-05-30 00:29:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋