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The DNS Server Configuration table includes a default DNS server with IP address
8.8.8.8.
6. Select the DNS Status Disable or Enable radio button:
• Enable: Allows the switch to send DNS queries to a DNS server to resolve a DNS
domain name. The default value is Enable.
•
Disable: Prevents the switch from sending DNS queries.
7.
In the DNS Default Name field, enter the name that must be includes in DNS queries.
When the switch looks up on an unqualified host name, this field provides the domain
name. For example, if the default domain name is netgear.com and you enter test,
then test is changed to test.netgear.com to resolve the name). The maximum length
of the name is 255 characters.
8.
In the Retry Number field, specify the number of times that the switch must retry to
send DNS queries to the DNS server.
Enter a number from 0 to 100. The default is 2.
9.
In the Response Timeout (secs) field, specify the time in seconds that the switch
must wait for a response to a DNS query.
Enter a number from 0 to 3600. The default is 3.
10.
From the Source Interface menu, select the interface that must be the source
interface for DNS:
•
None: The primary IP address of the originating (outbound) interface is used as
the source address.
•
Routing interface: The primary IP address of a physical port is used as the source
address.
•
Routing VLAN: The primary IP address of a VLAN routing interface is used as the
source address.
•
Routing loopback interface: The primary IP address of a routing loopback
interface is used as the source address.
•
Tunnel interface: The IPv6 tunnel interface.
• Service port: The management port source IP address is used as the source
address.
By default, VLAN 1 is used as the source interface.
11. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
12.
To save the settings to the running configuration, click the Save icon.
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