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A method is provided, in one embodiment, which is performed on a client computing device, the method including: connecting a client computing device with a private network, wherein the private network comprises a plurality of name resolving servers, and each name resolving server is configured to resolve name requests for networking devices in a respective segment of a plurality of segments of the private network; receiving a first name request from a first application on the client computing device; in response to receiving the first name request, forwarding the first name request simultaneously to the plurality of name resolving servers; and selecting a name resolution that is first received from the plurality of name resolving servers in response to the first name request.