Administrator Guide
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Default Gateway
See Gateway Address
Disk Segment
The analogy for a disk segment is to a traditional disk partition, such as DOS,
Windows, etc.
Domain Name Service (DNS) Server
Since the Internet, as well as most Local Area Networks use TCP/IP, they do not
understand domain names. Rather, these networks only understand Internet
Protocol (IP) addresses. The DNS server runs software that allows domain names
to be converted into IP addresses. So if a user were to type
www.storageflex.com
in
the address field of an Internet browser, a DNS server would convert it to the proper
IP address, which in this case is 168.144.128.216. In the same manner in which
DNS servers are used for the Internet, they can also be used for Local Area
Networks, so that computer names, rather than IP addresses can be used to share
files. However, in a windows only network, a Windows Internet Naming Service
(WINS) Server is used to convert computer names to IP addresses.
