XiNCOM XC-DPG602 Chapter 7 - DNS Conguration

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Chapter 7 - DNS Conﬁguration

Overview

A domain name is a unique name that identiﬁes a server on the Internet. A domain name typically consists of two or more parts usually

separated by dots. In the example of, www.xincom.com, the given root name of xincom denotes the second level domain. Second level

domain names are registered by a consumer/business through a Top Level Domain (TLD) registry such as Internic.com. The sufﬁx

behind the root name, .com in this example, is a Top Level Domain in the Domain Name System. This denotes the highest level of the

hierarchy after the root name of xincom. Both the second and top level domains create the unique domain name xincom.com.

Every Web, FTP or Email server requires an Authoritative Domain Name Server to route the domain name to the respective IP address

or multiple IP addresses. Using the XC-DPG602 as an authoritative DNS gives the network administrator the ability to easily create

and manage extra domain names. This provides a web site with expanded bandwidth and redundancy via auto-failover in case a single

Internet connection fails.

The DNS Conﬁguration is a major part of the XC-DPG602. By acting as an authoritative name server, it is able to serve the incoming

requests on UDP port 53 (DNS port) and provide the IP address of the web server. The XC-DPG602 manipulates the last step based on

a few factors such as current bandwidth, load balance type and load share percentage (Advanced Port => Load Balance menu).

When a request comes in to your domain name, the XC-DPG602 looks at these factors to determine which WAN port should be used to

access the server. When the trafﬁc load is higher on WAN 1, the XC-DPG602 will reply with the IP address of WAN2, in which case the

user will connect to WAN 2 allowing for the best latency and speed.

The XiNCOM XC-DPG602 is capable of handling up to 50 domain names in such manner, giving you the ability to provide hosting

services with automatic failover and load balancing (Check your Internet Service Provider’s service agreement before hosting any

content on your connections).

You must have two WAN connections with static IP addresses in order to use the Load Balance and Fail-over functionality provided by

the XC-DPG602 DNS to IP function. Only one broadband connection is required for the Authoritative DNS function. It is necessary to

NOTE:

Once you have conﬁgured the DNS conﬁguration, you may conﬁgure your connection validation and load balance options in the

Advanced Port menu in Load Balancing and Port Options.

XC-DPG602

Twin WAN DNS IP Gateway

Chapter Contents

• Overview