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Step 2.
FastTrack Software Client Boot-Up

On the first boot-up of the FastTrack 2.0 client, and automatically, every two days thereafter, A DNS lookup is performed for the following DNS names. The first is hard-coded into the client FastTrack 2.0 software; the remainder represents the clients DNS suffix that was set during DHCP.

  • cache.p2p
  • cache.p2p.clientname.location.serviceprovider.net
  • cache.p2p.location.serviceprovider.net
  • cache.p2p.serviceprovider.net

Omneo P2P DNS Resolution

The first DNS to successfully return an IP address is used by the client to connect to Omneo P2P.  This method of using a hierarchical caching structure with multiple DNS entries deeper in the DNS structure permits traffic to be segmented to multiple P2P cache servers or server farms.  For example of a geographic segmentation:

  • cache.p2p.na.serviceprovider.net (for traffic in North America)
  • cache.p2p.eu.serviceprovider.net (for traffic in Europe)