Chapter 21 DNS

 

Table 137 ADVANCED > DNS > System DNS

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

Name Server

A name server record contains a DNS server’s IP address. The ZyWALL can

 

Record

query the DNS server to resolve domain names for features like VPN, DDNS

 

 

and the time server.

 

 

When the ZyWALL needs to resolve a domain name, it checks it against the

 

 

name server record entries in the order that they appear in this list.

 

 

A “*” indicates a name server record without a domain zone. The default record

 

 

is grayed out. The ZyWALL uses this default record if the domain name that

 

 

needs to be resolved does not match any of the other name server records.

 

 

A name server record with a domain zone is always put before a record without

 

 

a domain zone.

 

 

 

 

#

This is the index number of the name server record.

 

 

 

 

Domain Zone

A domain zone is a fully qualified domain name without the host. For example,

 

 

zyxel.com.tw is the domain zone for the www.zyxel.com.tw fully qualified

 

 

domain name.

 

 

 

 

From

This field displays whether the IP address of a DNS server is from a WAN

 

 

interface (and which it is) or specified by the user.

 

 

 

 

DNS Server

This is the IP address of a DNS server.

 

 

 

 

Modify

Click a triangle icon to move the record up or down in the list.

 

 

Click the edit icon to go to the screen where you can edit the record.

 

 

Click the delete icon to remove an existing record. A window display asking you

 

 

to confirm that you want to delete the record. Note that subsequent records

 

 

move up by one when you take this action.

 

 

 

 

Insert

Click Insert to open a screen where you can insert a new name server record.

 

 

Refer to Table 139 on page 433 for information on the fields.

 

 

 

21.6.1 Adding an Address Record

Click Add in the System screen to open this screen. Use this screen to add an address record.

An address record contains the mapping of a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to an IP address. Configure address records about the ZyWALL itself or another device to keep a record of DNS names and addresses that people on your network may use frequently. If the ZyWALL receives a DNS query for an FQDN for which the ZyWALL has an address record, the ZyWALL can send the IP address in a DNS response without having to query a DNS name server. See Section 21.4 on page 428 for more on address records.

Figure 265 ADVANCED > DNS > Add (Address Record)

 

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