User's Manual

SRV Records

To add a new SRV record, click the New SRV Record button in the SRV Records box.

● Service: The symbolic name of the desired service.

● Priority: Indicates the priority of the target; the smaller the value, the higher the priority.

● Weight: A relative weight for records with the same priority.

● Target: The canonical hostname of the machine providing the service.

● Port: Enter the TCP or UDP port number on which the service is to be found.

Reverse Lookup Zones

Reverse lookup zones can be configured in Network>Inbound Access>DNS Settings.

Reverse lookup refers to performing a DNS query to find one or more DNS names associated with a

given IP address.

The DNS stores IP addresses in the form of specially formatted names as pointer (PTR) records using

special domains/zones. The zone is in-addr.arpa.

To enable DNS clients to perform a reverse lookup for a host, perform two steps:

● Create a reverse lookup zone that corresponds to the subnet network address of the host.

In the reverse lookup zone, add a pointer (PTR) resource record that maps the host IP address to

https://www.peplink.com

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