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(56) References Cited US PATENT DOCUMENTS A host name query is received by a modem from a client computer. The host name query is simultaneously transmit 4,200,770 A 4, 1980 Hellman et al............... 178/22 ted from the modem to a plurality of Domain Name System 5,777,989 A* 7/1998 McGarvey.................. 370,254 (DNS) servers. A response is returned to the client computer 5,794,230 A 8, 1998 Horadan et al............. 707/102 from the modem, where the response is based on the host 6,009,459 A* 12/1999 Belfiore et al.............. 709203 name query and any responses received from the DNS 6,108,330 A* 8/2000 Bhatia et al................ 370,352 servers. In a preferred embodiment at least one address 6,118,768 A* 9/2000 Bhatia et al................ 370,254 associated with the host name query is acquired from the 6,145,003 A 11/2000 Sanu et al.................. 709,225 DNS servers. The client computer then sends a …