Dns S Ervers; Time Z One A Nd S Erver - Netgate FW-7541 Quick Start Manual

DNS S ervers
The D NS s erver f ields c an b e l eft b lank i f y ou h ave a W AN c onnection u sing D HCP,
PPTP o r P PPoE t ypes o f I nternet c onnections a nd t he I SP a utomatically a ssigns D NS
servers. W hen u sing a s tatic I P o n W AN, y ou m ust e nter D NS s erver I Ps h ere f or
name r esolution t o f unction. Y ou c an s pecify D NS s ervers h ere e ven i f y our I SP
assigns d ifferent o nes. E ither e nter t he I Ps p rovided b y y our I SP, o r y ou m ay w ant t o
consider u sing a s ervice l ike O penDNS ( www.opendns.com) w hose f ree s ervice w ill
allow y ou t o a dd c ontent f iltering a nd p hishing p rotection a mongst o ther b enefits t o
your p fSense i nstall. U sing G oogle's p ublic D NS s ervers ( 8.8.8.8, 8 .8.4.4) i s a nother
popular c hoice.
Click N ext a fter f illing i n t he f ields a s a ppropriate.
Time Z one a nd S erver
The n ext s creen a llows y ou t o c onfigure t he t ime ( NTP) s erver t o b e u sed t o
synchronize y our f irewall's t ime, a nd a lso s pecify i ts t ime z one. T he d efault N TP
server p oints y ou n tp.org's N TP s erver p ool. I f y ou h ave a n i nternal t ime s erver, y ou
should s pecify i t h ere i nstead. Y ou a lso w ant t o s elect a c ity i n y our t ime z one s o
your l og t imestamps a re i n l ocal t ime ( unless y ou h ave a p olicy t o t imestamp a ll l ogs
in G MT).