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It is definitely not DNS right? I am looking at a tutorial for configuring router and he put DHCP Name Server as 192.168.99.100 and secondary DHCP Name Server as 8.8.8.8. I understand DHCP Server as a server that provide dynamic IPs to client. However, in that case then why can 8.8.8.8 be used to provide dynamic IP to my local devices?

Reference link https://youtu.be/HcfIpTso_Ys?t=747

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    Those are the DNS settings that are being distributed to the DHCP clients, so in this example the clients will use 192.168.99.100 as their primary DNS server, and 8.8.8.8 as their secondary.
    – FastEthernet
    Commented Jun 1, 2018 at 16:19
  • I see thank you! Somehow the term DHCP Name Server is not easily found on internet
    – Zanko
    Commented Jun 1, 2018 at 16:27
  • See this...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol
    – Moab
    Commented Jun 1, 2018 at 18:57
  • There is a reason : There is no such think as a DHCP Name Server, only of DHCP Server.
    – harrymc
    Commented Jun 1, 2018 at 20:29
  • @harrymc DHCP knows options for both Name Servers and Domain Name Servers
    – Bergi
    Commented May 27 at 21:04

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Those are the DNS settings that are being distributed to the DHCP clients, so in this example the clients will use 192.168.99.1 as their primary DNS server, and 8.8.8.8 as their secondary.

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    Yep, that’s a slip up on Ubiquiti’s end. It drives me crazy.
    – somehume
    Commented Feb 28, 2020 at 19:20

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