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query, extending the amount of time that it will wait for a response. If the

resolver receives a negative response from a server, it reraoves

the server from

consideration.

If the resolver has not received a response from any server by the end of the

eight-second time period, the resolver responds with a time-out. The resolver

will stop ąuerying servers that do not respond within the next 30 seconds.

To specify the advanced DNS query settings:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click NetWork and Internet Connections, and then click NetWork Connections.

2.    Right-click the network connection, and then click Properties.

3.    In the list box, click Internet Protoeol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.

4.    Click Advanced, and then click the DNS tab.

By default, the Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes

option

is selected. This option causes the resolver to append the client name to the

primary DNS suffix, as defined in the Computer Name tab of the System

Properties, and also appends the client name to the connection-specific DNS suff ix.

For example, if your primary DNS suffix is dev.nwtraders.msft, the connectionspecific

suffix is contoso. msft, and your host name is computerl, the

resolver

queries:

computerl .dev.nwtraders. msft Computer 1 .contoso. msft

If you select the Append parent suffbces of the primary DNS suffix

check

box, the resolver performs name devolution on the primary DNS suff i x. Name