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Can you have 2 primary DNS servers?


You can’t make two DNS servers reachable over a single IP since they both would use the same port (which is not configurable for the global DNS). But even if you could most registrars won’t accept two times the same ip (and some even don’t like two times the same network).

Can I use 2 primary DNS servers?

You can have as many Primary DNS zones as you wish in your environment. again, one server can host multiple zones. Or if you wish you can have multiple DNS servers each hosting a primary zone.

What happens if you have multiple DNS servers?

A Multi-DNS architecture is one that utilizes authoritative DNS nameservers from two or more providers. Most, if not all DNS service providers, use multiple nameservers for high availability and redundancy, allowing them to mitigate most issues without clients even being aware.

Can a computer have 2 DNS names?

Kimmy, yes, you can, as many DNS names can resolve to the same IP as you want.

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