System Configuration
Destination MAC
When the bridge filtering is enabled, enter the Destination MAC address, select Block and click Add. Then all incoming WAN and LAN Ethernet packets matched with this destination MAC address will be filtered out. If the Forward is selected, then the packets will be forwarded to the destination PC.
Type
Enter the hexadecimal number for the Ethernet type field in Ethernet_II packets. For example, 0800 is for IP protocol.
Figure 4-22: Bridge Filtering Screen
DNS Configuration
The DNS Configuration page allows you to set the configuration of DNS proxy. The Conexant firmware supports the DNS proxy function. For the DHCP requests from local PCs, the DHCP server will set the LAN port IP as the default DNS server. Thus, all DNS query messages will come into LAN port first. The DNS proxy on the ADSL modem recorded the available DNS servers, and forward DNS query messages to one of DNS server.
Four DNS proxy modes available in
Disable DNS Proxy
The LAN port does not process the DNS query message. For the DHCP requests from local PCs, the DHCP server will set the
Use Auto Discovered DNS Servers Only
The DNS proxy will store the DNS server IP addresses obtained from DHCP client or
PPPinto the table. And all DNS query messages will be sent to one of the dynamically obtained DNS servers.
Use User Configured DNS Servers Only
The DNS proxy will use the
Auto Discovery + User Configured
The DNS proxy’s table has all the IP addresses of dynamically obtained and user configured DNS servers.
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