Microhard Systems BulletPlus Operating Manual page 38

4.0 Configuration
Specify a preferred DNS server address to be assigned to DHCP
devices.
DNS: Domain Name Service
is an Internet service that
translates easily-
remembered domain names
into their not-so-easily-
remembered IP addresses.
Specify the alternate DNS server address to be assigned to DHCP
Being that the Internet is
devices.
based on IP addresses,
without DNS, if one entered
the domain name
www.microhardcorp.com (for
example) into the URL line of
a web browser, the website
'could not be found').
Enter the address of the WINS/NBNS (NetBIOS) Server. The WINS
server will translate computers names into their IP addresses, similar
to how a DNS server translates domain names to IP addresses.
Select the method used to resolve computer names to IP addresses.
Four name resolution methods are available:
B-node: broadcast
P-node: point-to-point
M-node: mixed/modified
H-node: hybrid
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Preferred DNS Server
Values (IP Address)
(IP Address)
Alternate DNS Server
Values (IP Address)
(IP Address)
WINS/NBNS Servers
Values (IP/Domain)
(no default)
WINS/NBT Node Type
Values (selection)
none
b-node
p-node
m-node
h-node
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