Working with the M111

DNS configuration

If the M111 is configured as a DHCP client, the following options are displayed:

DNS serversDynamically assigned DNS servers

Lists the servers that were assigned by the DHCP server.

Override dynamically assigned DNS servers

Enable this option to replace the dynamically assigned servers with manually specified ones.

Server 1

Specify the IP address of the first DNS server that the M111 will use.

Server 2

Specify the IP address of the second DNS server that the M111 will use.

Server 3

Specify the IP address of the third DNS server that the M111 will use.

DNS advanced settingsDNS cache

Enables the DNS cache. Once a host name has been successfully resolved to an IP address by a remote DNS server, it is stored in the cache. This speeds up network performance, as the remote DNS server now does not have to be queried for subsequent requests for this host.

The entry stays in the cache until:

An error occurs when connecting to the remote host

The time to live (TTL) of the DNS request expires

The M111 is restarted.

DNS switch on server failure

This setting controls how the M111 switches between the primary and secondary DNS servers.

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