Name Resolution

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Name resolution is often an issue when we need to communicate between different systems. For this reason, it is important to know how it is working and remember priorities between the different protocols.

DNS hostname / Winsock applications:

1. Host file
2. DNS server
3. Name cache
4. WINS server
5. Broadcast
6. Lmhost file

NetBios names:

1. Name cache
2. WINS server
3. Broadcast
4. Lmhost file
5. Host file
6. DNS server

I hope this will help you to troubleshoot name resolution issues.

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Written by Nicolas Buache

Created on Saturday, 14 January 2012

Last Updated on Saturday, 14 January 2012

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