D-Link DWS-4026 [141/741] Configuring dns

ConfiguringDNS

D-Link UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystem

November2011 Page141

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

ConfiguringDNS

YoucanusethesepagestoconfigureinformationaboutDNSserversthenetworkusesandhowtheswitch/

routeroperatesasaDNSclient.

GlobalConfiguration

UsethispagetoconfigureglobalDNSsettingsandtoviewDNSclientstatusinformation.

Toaccessthispage,clickLAN>Administration>DNSClient>GlobalConfiguration.

Figure67:DNSGlobalConfiguration

•Ifyouchangeanysettings,clickSubmittosendtheinformationtotherouter.

Table57:DNSGlobalConfigurationFi

elds

Field Description

AdminMode SelectEnableorDisablefromthepulldownmenutosettheadministrative

statusofDNSClient.ThedefaultisDisable.

DefaultDomainName EnterthedefaultdomainnameforDNSclientmessages.Thenameshouldbe

nolongerthan255characters.Whenthesystemisperformingalookuponan

unqualifie

dhostname,thisfieldisprovidedasthedomainname(e.g.,if

defaultdomainnameis.comandtheuserentershotmail,thenhotmailis

changedtohotmail.comtoresolvethename).

Bydefault,nodefaultdomainnameisconfiguredinthesystem.

RetryNumber Enterthenumberoftimestoret

rysendingDNSqueries.Thevalidvaluesare

from0to100.Thedefaultvalueis2.

ResponseTimeout EnterthenumberofsecondstoallowaDNSservertorespondtoarequest

befor eissuingaretry.Validvaluesare0to3600.Thedefaultvalueis3.

DomainList Enteradomainlis

ttodefinethedomaintousewhenperforminga lookupon

anunqualifiedhostname.Eachnamemustbenomorethan256characters.

Multipledefaultdomainnamescanbeconfiguredusingthedefaultdomain‐

namelist.

Ifthereisnodomainlist,thedefaultdomainnameconfiguredisused.