Configuring a DNS client

To configure a DNS client using the Client Manager:

1. If the host is not already configured as a DNS client, select Services Add DNS.

   If the host is already configured as a DNS client, click on DNS Client in the services listed, and then select Services Modify.

2. Enter the following details for the host:

   
   Local domain

   The fully qualified name for the domain that the host is in, for example, your_company.COM. If you do not specify a domain search order, the domain name will be appended when looking up a name which does not contain a dot.

   
   Domain search order

   Enter a list of up to six domains that you want DNS to search if you specify a hostname without appending a domain name. For each domain you enter, click on Add to add it to the list. You should normally include the local domain in this list. DNS will search the domains for a hostname in the order that you specify them in the list.

   To change the position of a selected item in the list, click on Promote or Demote.

   
   Name server search order

   Enter a list of up to three DNS name servers, specified by their IP addresses, that the client can query. For each name server you enter, click on Add to add it to the list. If the host you are configuring is itself already configured as a DNS name server, place it at the top of the list by specifying it first using the loopback IP address (127.0.0.1). The resolver will query each name server in the order that you specify them in the list until it gets an answer.

   To change the position of a selected item in the list, click on Promote or Demote.

3. Click on OK to exit.