On 08/22/2012 05:34 PM, Andrei Barburas wrote: > Two or more domain names can share the same IP address >and not every > domain/site has a unique IP address. That is correct. The DNS is just for mapping names to IP addresses. > As for the Internet working without > the DNS, it is true when you refer to IPv6, not IPv4. I think it depends on how we define "working." Packets can be delivered without the DNS. Hosts can communicate even without the DNS. There was an IPV4 network even before the DNS. TCP/IP (regardless of version) works without the DNS. The DNS just makes it more useful for persons. -- Bombim Cadiz ***************************************** * Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) -- * * No windows. No gates. It is open. * * No Bill. It is Free. * *****************************************