The settings for the DNS server are contained in the following menu or list:
LANconfig:TCP/IP / DNS
WEBconfig: LCOS menu tree / Setup / DNS
Proceed as follows to set the DNS server:
- Switch the DNS server on.
- Enter the domain in which the DNS server is located. The DNS server uses this domain to determine whether the requested name is located in the LAN. Entering the domain is optional.
- Specify whether information from the DHCP server and the NetBIOS module should be used.
- The main task of the DNS server is to distinguish requests for names
in the Internet from those for other remote stations. Therefore, enter
all computers in the Host names table,
- for which you know the name and IP address,
- that are not located in your own LAN,
- that are not on the Internet and
- that are accessible via the router.
Stating the domain is optional but recommended. When you now start your mail program, it will probably automatically look for the server 'mail.yourdomain.com'. The DNS server thereupon returns the IP address '10.0.0.99'. The mail program will then look for that IP address. With the proper entries in the IP routing table and peer list, a connection is automatically established to the network in the headquarters, and finally to the mail server.
- To resolve entire name areas of another DNS server, add a forwarding entry
consisting of a name area and remote station:
When entering the name areas, the wildcards '?' (for individual characters)
and '*' (for multiple characters) may be used.
To reroute all domains with the ending '.intern' to a DNS server in
the LAN of the remote station 'COMPANY', create the following entry:
Note: The DNS server may either be specified by the remote site name (for automatic setting via PPP), or by an explicit IP address of the according name server.