SmartWare Software Configuration Guide

28 • DNS configuration

 

 

You can test the DNS server configuration using the dns-lookupcommand as follows:

Example: Testing DNS server configuration

node(cfg)#dns-lookup www.patton.com

Name: www.patton.com

Address: 209.49.110.5

Note The DNS resolver automatically learns domain name servers if it receives them through PPP or DHCP protocols. You can verify that the DNS resolver has received domain name servers by using the show dns-clientcommand as follows:

node(cfg)#show dns-client

The following DNS servers are currently available: Configured IP: 195.186.1.110

Discovered IP: 81.221.250.10 (Not used)

Discovered IP: 81.221.252.10 (Not used) node(cfg)#

Configured IP indicates a domain name server that has been configured as shown at the beginning of this section. Discovered IP indicates a domain name server that was learned automatically.

User’s PC

DNS Client

TCP

UDP

 

 

IP

ENET

Localized DNS

query traffic

Node

DNS Relay

TCP

UDP

 

 

IP

ENET WAN

DNS query on the WAN side

Remote Location

(somewhere on

the Internet)

DNS Server

TCP

UDP

 

 

IP

WAN

Figure 45. DNS relay diagram

Enabling the DNS relay

DNS (Domain Name System) is a distributed database used in IP networks to provide the numerical IP address for a URL’s host name. There are DNS Servers, DNS Relays, and DNS Clients (see figure 45). DNS clients send queries with the host-name of interest to the DNS Server. The DNS server responds with the IP

DNS configuration task list

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Patton electronic SmartNode 4110 Series manual Enabling the DNS relay, DNS relay diagram