CAP700 DNS

The information in this page is updated in accordance with firmware version CAP7_R_00.07.20.3.

Summary

The DNS page is used to to set up how the device utilizes its own and other DNS servers.

This manual page provides an overview of the DNS windows in CAP700 devices.

General Settings

The General Settings section is used to set up the main DNS parameters. Refer to the table below for information on each configuration field.

Field	Value	Description
Inherited DNS servers	Inherited server list	DNS Servers that were inherited from WAN interfaces.
DNS servers	IP address (ip); default: none	List of DNS servers to forward requests to. See the dnsmasq -S option man page for syntax details. Specify servers to complement inherited ones.
Static addresses	Hostname (domain name) | IP address (ip); default: none	List of IP addresses for queried domains. See the dnsmasq -A option man page for syntax details.
Rebind protection	off | on; default: on	Discards upstream RFC1918 responses. When enabled, the device will not resolve domain names for internal hosts.

Advanced Settings

The Advanced Settings section is used to set up some of the more specific DNS parameters. Refer to the table below for information on each configuration field.

Field	Value	Description
Custom redirect	Domain - Domain names are accepted (e.g., example.com). Wildcard symbol (*) at the start can also be used (e.g., *.example.com) | DNS Server - IP address (ip); default: none	Specify server for a domain. This is intended for private nameservers.
Listen Interfaces	network interface(s); default: none	Limit DHCP and DNS requests listening to these interfaces, and loopback. Leave empty to listen on all interfaces.
Exclude Interfaces	network interface(s); default: none	Prevent DHCP and DNS requests listening on these interfaces. Leave empty to listen on all interfaces.
DNS strict order	off | on; default: on	Obeys the order of listed DNS servers.
Local Service Only	off | on; default: off	Limit DNS service to subnets interfaces on which we are serving DNS.
Log queries	off | on; default: off	Write received DNS requests to syslog.
Filter private	off | on; default: on	Do not forward reverse lookups for local networks.
Localise queries	off | on; default: on	Localise hostname depending on the requesting subnet if multiple IPs are available.
Additional servers file	text file; default: none	Uploads an additional DNS servers file. This file may contain lines like 'server=/domain/1.2.3.4' or 'server=1.2.3.4' for domain-specific or full upstream DNS servers.
Size of DNS query cache	integer [0..10000]; default: none	Number of cached DNS entries (max is 10000, 0 is no caching).