Compex Systems WPE53G manual Use DNS Redirection

Use DNS Redirection

(Available in Wireless Routing Client and Gateway modes)

When you enter a URL into your Internet browser, it requests for a name- to-IP address translation from the Domain Name System (DNS) servers to locate the web server hosting the desired website. The DNS server searches its local cache for the answer, and if found, returns this cached IP address. Otherwise, it contacts other DNS servers until the query is answered.

With DNS Redirection, DNS requests from the LAN clients are processed by the access point. It contacts the DNS server allocated by your ISP to resolve these DNS requests unless you have already specified a default DNS server in the access point LAN Setup. This default DNS server overrides the one defined in the TCP/IP settings of the LAN clients, allowing the access point to direct DNS requests from the LAN to a local or to a closer DNS server that it is aware of, thus improving the response time.

DNS Redirection also provides more control to the network administrator. In the event that there is a change in DNS servers, he can simply indicate the actual DNS server IP address an the access point LAN Setup and enable DNS Redirection, without having to reconfigure the DNS settings of every LAN client.

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