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Re:72% of smart TVs and 46% of game consoles hardcode DNS se... by Rychard on Saturday December 05, 2020 @08:48AM (#25314537)
As opposed to? I thought you had to specify your DNS server as an IP address. How would it resolve itself?
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Re:72% of smart TVs and 46% of game consoles hardcode DNS se... by jlgaddis on Saturday December 05, 2020 @08:52AM (#25314562)
> As opposed to?

As opposed to the IP addresses that your DHCP server told you about.

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