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Digital Literacy How the Web Works The World Wide Web Domain Names and IP Addresses

Niall O Laoghaire
Niall O Laoghaire
1,821 Points
Posted by Niall O Laoghaire
Niall O Laoghaire
1,821 Points

DNS & TCP/IP

HI there, loved the course - one thing I'm confused about- when you type a url in a browser is the first thing to happen that the url resolves to an ip address vis DNS & then this Ip address is included in the internet protocol layer & only then can the packets of info be transmitted across the routers?

3 Answers

Declan Ward
Declan Ward
2,008 Points
Declan Ward
Declan Ward
2,008 Points

I thought the DNS 'forwarded' the request, thus being....

Client -> DNS -> Server -> Client. ????

Christopher Branscum
Christopher Branscum
1,730 Points
Christopher Branscum
Christopher Branscum
1,730 Points

According to the teachings of one STUNNING! Joy, the process goes like:

CLIENT--> DNS--> SERVER (INPUT ROUTE) and then, from..... SERVER--> CLIENT (OUTPUT ROUTE) --B/C the IP address does not require translation back through the DNS to get back to the CLIENT (YOU!)