User`s guide

Introduction
The 'DNS' page
Configuring the DNS
server
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6.4 Speed Touch DNS
IP addresses are fundamental to the operation of the Internet. IP
addresses, being 32bit numbers, are ideally suited for computers
but are far from usable to humans.
Therefore, the Domain Name System (DNS) was designed: a
distributed database, held by a hierarchical system of servers, that
is used by TCP/IP applications to map between hostnames and IP
addresses.
This chapter describes STHome's DNS abilities.
Click in the left pane of the STHome pages to pop up the
'DNS' page:
Check the 'Server active' checkbox to enable the STHome DNS
server (per default enabled).
In the 'Domain name' field you can enter the domain name of
your LAN (default domain name is 'lan'). You may use a DNS
subdomain name, e.g. dsl.office.lan. Click
and
to finish.