Garmin HM210DP/DI manual Configuring DNS Server Addresses, Assigning DNS Addresses, Statically

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9 Configuring DNS Server Addresses

Configuring DNS Server Addresses

9 Configuring DNS Server Addresses

Domain Name System (DNS) servers map the user-friendly domain names that users type into their Web browsers (e.g. “yahoo.com”) to the equivalent numerical IP addresses that are used for Internet routing.

When a PC user types a domain name into a browser, the PC must first send a request to a DNS server to obtain the equivalent IP address. The DNS server will attempt to look up the domain name in its own database, and will communicate with higher-level DNS servers when the name cannot be found locally. When the address is found, it is sent back to the requesting PC and is referenced in IP packets for the remainder of the communication.

9.1Assigning DNS Addresses

Multiple DNS addresses are useful to provide alternatives when one of the servers is down or is encountering heavy traffic. ISPs typically provide primary and secondary DNS addresses, and may provide additional addresses. Your LAN PCs learn these DNS addresses in one of the following ways:

Statically;

If your ISP provides you with their DNS server addresses, you can assign them to each PC by modifying the PCs IP properties.

Dynamically from a DHCP pool;

You can configure the DHCP Server feature on the HM210dp/di router and create an address pool that specifies the DNS addresses to be distributed to the PCs. Refer to section 7.3 “Configuring DHCP Server” for instructions on creating DHCP address pools.

In either case, you can specify the actual addresses of the ISP’s DNS servers (on the PC or in the DHCP pool), or you can specify the address of the LAN port on the HM210dp/di (e.g. 192.168.1.1). When you specify the LAN port IP address, the device performs DNS Relay, as described in the following section.

Follow the procedures below to connect related devices.

NOTE! If you specify the actual DNS addresses on the PCs or in the

DHCP pool, the DNS Relay feature is not used.

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Garmin HM210DP/DI Configuring DNS Server Addresses, Assigning DNS Addresses, Statically, Dynamically from a DHCP pool