On 06-09-2023 12:09, Didier Kryn wrote:
>
>     Hello Antonio.
>
>     Thanks for your answer, but there is still something I don't
> understand: the laptops also get their network configuration from the
> same DHCP server of the ISP box; how is it then that they get an
> answer from the additional DNS service offered by my desktop?
>
>     Actually I thought it was possible to have several DNS and to
> discover them when needed, beyond the initial configuration by DHCP,
> and this seems to be confirmed by the behaviour observed on the laptops.
>
> --     Didier
>
AFAIR becomes a DNS request processed by first reading the hosts file
then the local dns if present and as last the dns provided by dhcp or
manual settings.

Grtz.

Nick