User's Manual

USER MANUAL

Peplink Balance Series

DNS Proxy Settings

Enable

To enable the DNS Proxy feature, check this box, and then set up the feature atNetwork >

LAN > DNS Proxy Settings table.

A DNS proxy server can be enabled to serve DNS requests originating from

LAN/PPTP/SpeedFusion

peers. Requests are forwarded to the DNS servers/resolvers

defined foreach 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 responsetime 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 Cachingisdisabled.

Include Google

Public DNS

Servers

When this option is

enabled, the DNS proxy server will forward DNSrequests 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 isdisabled 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.Press to create a

new record. Press to remove a record.

DNS Resolvers

Check the box to enable the WINS Server. A list of WINS clients will be displayed at

Network > LAN > DNS Proxy Settings > DNS Resolvers.

This field specifies which DNS resolvers will receive forwarded DNS requests. If no

WAN/VPN/LAN DNS resolver is selected, all of the WAN’s DNS resolvers will be selected.

If a SpeedFusion

peer is selected, you may enter the VPN peer’s DNS resolver IP

address(es).

Queries will be forwarded to the selected connections’ resolvers. If all of the selected

connections are down, queries will be forwarded to all resolvers on healthy WAN

connections.

- Advanced feature, please click the button on the top right hand corner to activate.