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MagicMan · 07-06-2006, 21:39

I'm not quite sure how a traceroute relates to DNS. A traceroute simply displays the number of hops to get to a particular host.

DNS is the mechanism where the hostname or URL is translated to the IP address.

07-06-2006, 21:39	#2
MagicMan Inactive Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 154	Re: Why can't the UBRs do DNS? I'm not quite sure how a traceroute relates to DNS. A traceroute simply displays the number of hops to get to a particular host. DNS is the mechanism where the hostname or URL is translated to the IP address.