4 domain name system (dns), 1 dns proxy – Westermo MRD-3x0 User Manual

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4.4 Domain Name System (DNS)

The Domain Name System (DNS) is used to resolve domain 
names to IP addresses. When connecting to a wireless net-
work the MRD-3xx normally receives the IP address of a DNS 
server to use for DNS requests. The MRD-3xx supports DNS 
proxy, Manual DNS Configuration and a Dynamic DNS client. 
The features can be accessed by selecting Network from the 
main menu and then DNS from the sub-menu. The DNS set-
tings page is shown as in Figure 50.

Figure 50: Domain Name Service (DNS) configuration.

4.4.1 DNS Proxy

The MRD-3xx is configured by default to act as a Domain 
Name Server (DNS) proxy, this means that the MRD-3xx 
passes DNS requests from the LAN interface to an external 
DNS server, and returns the result to the client which initi-
ated the DNS request. 
Therefore all devices connected to the LAN Interface can 
specify the IP address of the MRD-3xx as the DNS server. If 
the DHCP server of the MRD-3xx has been enabled, then any 
device that is connected to the LAN interface and requests an 
IP address via DHCP will automatically be given the IP address 
of the MRD-3xx as the DNS server.

Set to "Yes" to 
enable DNS client
Set the DNS service
Enter the DNS domain address 
Enter DNS client username
Enter DNS client password

Click "Update" to save changes

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