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please describe about preferred and alternate DNS server

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preferred DNS server is the server which will be contacted first to lookup the domain/subdomain which in case fails will be forwarded to the alternate server.

for ex you try google.com and DNS1 is under maintenance. then DNS2 will serve your request.

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