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FS728TP Smart Switch Software Administration Manual To configure the global DNS settings: 1. Specify whether to enable or disable the administrative status of the DNS Client. • Enable. Allow the switch to send DNS queries to a DNS server to resolve a DNS domain name. • Disable. Prevent the switch from sending DNS queries. 2. Enter the DNS default domain name to include in DNS queries. When the system is performing a lookup on an unqualified hostname, this field is provided as the domain name (for example, if default domain name is netgear.com and the user enters test, then test is changed to test.netgear.com to resolve the name). 3. To specify the DNS server to which the switch sends DNS queries, enter an IP address in standard IPv4 dot notation in the DNS Server Address and click Add. The server appears in the list below. You can specify up to eight DNS servers. The precedence is set in the order created. 4. To remove a DNS server from the list, select the check box next to the server you want to remove and click Delete. If no DNS server is specified, the check box is global and will delete all the DNS servers listed. 5. Click Cancel to cancel the configuration on the screen and reset the data on the screen to the latest value of the switch. 6. Click Apply to send the updated configuration to the switch. Configuration changes take effect immediately. Host Configuration Use this page to manually map host names to IP addresses or to view dynamic DNS mappings. To access this page, click System  Management  DNS  Host Configuration. 44 | Chapter 2: Configuring System Information

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Chapter 2:
Configuring System Information
FS728TP Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
To configure the global DNS settings:
1.
Specify whether to enable or disable the administrative status of the DNS Client.
Enable
. Allow the switch to send DNS queries to a DNS server to resolve a DNS
domain name.
Disable
. Prevent the switch from sending DNS queries.
2.
Enter the DNS default domain name to include in DNS queries. When the system is
performing a lookup on an unqualified hostname, this field is provided as the domain name
(for example, if default domain name is netgear.com and the user enters test, then test is
changed to test.netgear.com to resolve the name).
3.
To specify the DNS server to which the switch sends DNS queries, enter an IP address in
standard IPv4 dot notation in the
DNS Server Address
and click
Add
. The server appears
in the list below. You can specify up to eight DNS servers. The precedence is set in the
order created.
4.
To remove a DNS server from the list, select the check box next to the server you want to
remove and click
Delete
. If no DNS server is specified, the check box is global and will
delete all the DNS servers listed.
5.
Click
Cancel
to cancel the configuration on the screen and reset the data on the screen to
the latest value of the switch.
6.
Click
Apply
to send the updated configuration to the switch. Configuration changes take
effect immediately.
Host Configuration
Use this page to manually map host names to IP addresses or to view dynamic DNS
mappings.
To access this page, click
System
Management
DNS
Host Configuration
.