Making Dns Settings - Canon imagerunner advance C5550i User Manual

Making DNS Settings

The DNS server is a computer which converts the names of devices (domain names) on the Internet into IP addresses.
There are many DNS servers on the Internet worldwide. They cooperate with each other to make correspondence
between domain names and IP addresses. This section describes the steps for setting the machine's DNS server
address, host name, and domain name. You can also set the machine so that an automatic update is carried out if
correspondence between the host name and the IP address is changed. If you set DNS under an IPv6 environment,
confirm if IPv6 addresses can be used (
with an IP address by acquiring the host name through a DHCP server without manually entering the host name of the
machine.
Making DNS Settings(P. 42)
Using a DHCP Server(P. 45)

Making DNS Settings

1
Press .
2
Press <Preferences>
3
Specify a DNS server address.
1
Press <DNS Server Address Settings>.
2
Carry out the necessary settings.
● According to your environment, enter an IP address of the DNS server.
<IPv4>
● Press <Primary DNS Server>, and enter an IPv4 address of the DNS server.
● If there is a secondary DNS server, enter its IP address. If you don't set a secondary DNS server, enter
"0.0.0.0".
<IPv6>
● Press <Primary DNS Server>, and enter an IPv6 address of the DNS server. You cannot enter
addresses that begin with "ff" (multicast address), addresses that consist of only "0," or local link
addresses.
Setting Up
Setting an IPv6 Address(P. 35) ). In addition, you can make correspondence
<Network> <TCP/IP Settings>
42
<DNS Settings>.
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