These servers are distributed across the rutgers network so as to give reliable access to these key services in the face of minor network problems and outages. Services DNS D omain N aming S ystem. Translates hostnames recognizable by users into the IP addresses used by networked computers. Many departments have their own DNS servers, where available, those systems should usually be utilized instead of or supplemented by the network service systems.
Most operating systems allow more than one DNS server to be configured.
Where possible users should configure a minimum of two of them. Configuration also usually includes setting the system's domain name . At Rutgers this is most often rutgers.edu . T ime P rotocol. NTP is used to synchronize the clocks of many networked systems so that they are all set to the same time.