Domain Name System (DNS) is the name service for Internet addresses that translates friendly domain names to numeric Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. For example, "www.tamhsc.edu" translates to 66.64.66.80. This is accomplished by a collection of computers scattered across the Internet that are running DNS "nameserver" software. These computers cooperatively make it possible for different organizations on the Internet to exchange IP name resolution information.

For DNS to work, your computer needs to know the IP addresses of the local DNS servers. For many computers, this information is automatically provided. For some computers, the DNS servers IP addresses will need to be manually configured.

For computers on the HSC networks that need to be manually configured, the IP addresses for the nameservers are: