RuggedCom RX1000, RX1100 manual DNS Client, Host Addresses, End To End Backup

RuggedRouter™ User Guide

DNS Client

Figure 37: DNS Client

This menu allows you to display and configure various DNS client fields.

The Resolution Order selector determines the order of sources for resolving domain names into IP addresses. The Hosts file /etc/hosts can be populated with frequently used, but unchanging addresses. DNS refers to any configured DNS servers.

The DNS servers fields allow you to specify, in order, the serves to resolve from.

The Search domains fields allow you to specify the domain name of the network the router is located within. This allows short names relative to the local domain to be used. If you do not specify a domain name the router will try and extract this information from the host addresses.

Host Addresses

Figure 38: Host Addresses

This menu allows you to display and configure host addresses. Host addresses are useful when a non-changing IP address is often used or when DNS is not configured.

Follow the Add a new host address link to add an address.

End To End Backup

End To end backup is method of using two interfaces to ensure a reliable end to end connection between two routers using alternate routing, without the need to configure routing protocols.

The two interfaces are assigned as a primary:secondary backup pair. The primary interface serves as the gateway. If connectivity to the target is lost from the primary interface, traffic is migrated to the secondary interface. When connectivity is restored on the primary path, traffic will be restored to it.

Figure 39: End To End Backup Example

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