User's Manual

https://www.peplink.com 47 Copyright @ 2019 Peplink
DNS Proxy Settings
Enable
To enable the DNS proxy feature, check this box, and then set up the feature at
Network>LAN>DNS Proxy Settings.
A DNS proxy server can be enabled to serve DNS requests originating from
LAN/PPTP/SpeedFusion
TM
peers. Requests are forwarded to the DNS servers/resolvers
defined for each WAN connection.
DNS Caching
This field is to enable DNS caching on the built-in DNS proxy server. When the option is
enabled, queried DNS replies will be cached until the records’ TTL has been reached. This
feature can improve DNS response time by storing all received DNS results for faster DNS
lookup. However, it cannot return the most updated result for frequently updated DNS
records. By default, DNS Caching is disabled.
Include Google
Public DNS
Servers
When this option is enabled, the DNS proxy server will forward DNS requests to Google's
public DNS servers
,
in addition to the DNS servers defined in each WAN. This could
increase the DNS service's availability. This setting is disabled by default.
Local DNS
Records
This table is for defining custom local DNS records. A static local DNS record consists of a
host name and IP address. When looking up the host name from the LAN to LAN IP of the
Peplink Balance, the corresponding IP address will be returned. To display the option to set
TTL manually, click . Click to create a new record. Click to remove a
record.
Domain
Lookup Policy
DNS proxy will look up the domain names defined here using only the specified
connections.