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Originally posted by Darkk
I understand how the P2P net works, quite well. But I have one stupid question. How do the computers connect to the net if they don't know IPs of those already connected.
It is necessary to know some starting address or what?
Thanx for your answers. |
The internet uses DNS servers. They are servers that translate web addresses into ip numbers and etc. needed for the internet. They are what do all the linking between web address and site. If you knew the ip adress of a server which you can get through a whois, you could connect to any site through their ip address the same way you would trough the domain name.
As for how you get connected your ISP assigns you an Ip adress and DNS to use.