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Re: Running on two.From: Men & Mice Support Date: Tuesday, November 2, 1999
Time: 11:21:00 pmAt 3:30 PM -0800 11/2/99, Ross Markbreiter wrote:
>Hmm. I do not understand. So how do I get it to work.
OK Ross, let's examine what's actually happening here (using the situation that started this whole thread):
You have two DNS servers. Server 1 goes down, so your local machines effectively are cut off from the net. In reality, if your web browser was a little more patient, you'd be able to function (just very slowly when DNS resolution is required).
Someone outside requests a site on your web server. Since real DNS resolvers query both (all) servers listed for a domain, and since your secondary DNS server is still running, this outsider finds your site without any problem.
You notice that DNS resolution isn't working. Knowing what you now know about this Open Transport behavior, you check your primary DNS server and restart it.
Does this about sum things up?
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