Anycast DNS

How does Anycast DNS provide great speed?

Anycast DNS is absolutely something you should benefit from. Why? Because it can increase the speed of your online service, whether it’s a website, app, or more. So if you want to learn more about what it does, you’ve come to the right article. But first, let’s see what actually is. 

What is the purpose of Anycast DNS?

Anycast DNS is a form of communication or routing technology that allows you to send and receive data more quickly. One IP address can be entered into several DNS servers around the world using this method. Any of them has the ability to react to the request. The goal is for the server that is nearest to the user in terms of distance to respond. This significantly speeds up the response time (DNS resolution).

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DHCP

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) explained.

DHCP, four letters that network administrators love. Would you like to know why?

What is DHCP? 

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a helpful solution for management, very used on TCP/IP networks. It provides automatically IP addresses and all the necessary network configurations (DNS server, default gateway, etc.) to connected devices to communicate. 

The magic word here is “automatically”. Usually, such tasks are executed manually by network administrators. If they manage a small network, it can be ok. But talking about big networks to be in charge of that can really be overwhelming. 

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol works on a client-server model. Clients must have DHCP to communicate with a DHCP server properly. 

Comparing DNS and DHCP

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