Digi WAN 3G User Manual page 90

Host List settings
The Host List settings page is used to add or remove entries from the host list. For Digi devices
using the DialServ feature, the host list provides a means to map a phone number to a network
destination.
The Host List settings are:
Local Name: A phone number
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Resolves To: a network destination).
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Add button: Adds the entry to the host list
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When accessing a device by name, the Digi device will attempt to locate the name within the host
list. When a match is found, the host name is mapped to the alias. Typically, this is used as a first
means of locating the destination address before using the domain name system (DNS).
Each host list entry consists of a local name string which is mapped to an resolves to destination.
The destination can be either an IP Address or Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). By creating
several entries, the host list will allow a many-to-one mapping of multiple host names to a single
destination, as well as a one-to-many mapping of a host name to multiple destinations. The one-to-
many mapping allows a fail-over option - that is, a connection to the resolves to name for the first
host match in the list will tried. If that connection attempt fails, the resolves to name for the next
match in the host list will be used.
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