DNS, Name Servers and Domain Registration

[Maui Web Designer]

The basic method which allows a Domain Name to lead customers to your
web site is shown below. http://www.dnswiz.com/im/dns1.gif This diagram
describes a request made by a customer's web browser as he attempts to
log onto your site.
To determine which primary name server contains your Domain Name
Records, a local name server contacts the root domain name server
maintained by the InterNIC.

The root domain name server then returns the IP address of the primary
name server responsible for the domain being requested.

The primary name server becomes the next machine contacted by the local
name server.

The primary name server holds the IP address for the domain name and
satisfies the the local name server's request.

Then the local name server can finally return to the web browser with
the IP address.

Using the IP address, the web browser can then contact the company's
web server andretrieve your web pages.

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<a href="http://www.dnswiz.com/im/dns1.gif">diagram</a>