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Why does ipconfig show multiple DNS servers?

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Mar 15, 202635470 views
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Problem

Why do I have two DNS servers listed? Is it something like try second in case first fails?

Error Output

$ ipconfig /all
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . : a.b.c.d
                                      a.b.c.e

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Yep, exactly correct, redundancy. Most big DNS providers always give two addresses in the event that one fails. Google - Configure your network settings to use the IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as your DNS servers or OpenDNS - 208.67.222.222 and …

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