PLANET ADN-4100 User Manual

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The DNS system is, in fact, its own network. If one DNS server does not know

how to translate a particular domain name, it asks another one, and so on, until

the correct IP address is returned.

Choose Advanced > DNS. The page as shown in the following figure appears:

The following table describes the parameters in this page.

Field

Description

Wan Connection

Select the WAN interface of the DNS server to be

connected from the drop-down list.

Obtain DNS server

address automatically

If you select this radio button, the device

automatically obtains IP address of the DNS server

from the ISP. You need not manually enter the IP

address of the server.

Use the following

DNS server

addresses

If you select this radio button, you need to manually

enter the IP address of the server provided by the ISP.

Preferred DNS server

Enter the IP address of the primary DNS server.

Alternate DNS server

Enter the IP address of the secondary DNS server. If

the primary DNS server fails to work, the device tries

to connect the secondary DNS server.

Click Apply to save the settings.

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