How does a machine resolve a hostname to an IP address?

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Shruthi J · Accepted Answer

The machine will first looks in its DNS cache to see if it already knows the IP address. Looks in the hosts file- for a manual entry. Asks a DNS server- to find the IP if not found locally. DNS server replies- with the correct IP address. Machine connects- to the server using that IP.

How does a machine resolve a hostname to an IP address?

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