Overriding The Dns Configuration - Motorola WiNG 5 System Reference Manual

5.10.2.1 Overriding the DNS Configuration

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Overriding the Network Configuration
Domain Naming System (DNS) DNS is a hierarchical naming system for resources connected to the Internet or a private
network. Primarily, DNS resources translate domain names into IP addresses. If one DNS server doesn't know how to
translate a particular domain name, it asks another one until the correct IP address is returned. DNS enables access to
resources using human friendly notations. DNS converts human friendly domain names into notations used by different
networking equipment for locating resources.
As a resource is accessed (using human-friendly hostnames), it's possible to access the resource even if the underlying
machine friendly notation name changes. Without DNS you need to remember a series of numbers (123.123.123.123)
instead of a domain name (www.domainname.com).
To define the DNS configuration or apply overrides to an existing configuration:
1. Select Devices
2. Select a target device from the Device Browser in the lower, left-hand, side of the UI.
3. Select Profile Overrides
4. Select Network
5. Select DNS.
from the Configuration tab.
from the Device menu to expand it into sub menu options.
to expand its sub menu options.
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