Computer Science, Computer Networking, Information Technology, Information Architecture, Networking.
addresses such as 192.168.1.1 (in IPv4), or more complex newer alphanumeric IP addresses such as 2400:cb00:2048:1::c629:d7a2 (in IPv6). How does DNS work? The host requests for the IP address of a particular domain name to the DNS server and the IP address is returned to the host by the DNS server.