[mdlug] Default DNS Responder

[Carl T. Miller]

It was probably DHCP.  Because if no nameservers are
configured, name resolution would require something
else (wins, /etc/hosts, etc.) or it just wouldn't work.

c


On 9/3/20 5:28 PM, Gib wrote:
> What determines which DNS responder will respond if none is configured?
>
> A new DNS server was introduced at work that responded to Windows and Linux
> virtual machines.  But I never made a configuration for the new DNS.  How
> did it pick that up?
>
> This is a VMware ESXi environment if that makes a difference.
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