Inbound Load Balancing and Failover (Multihoming) Load Balancing & Fault Tolerance
WAN Link : The WAN link to be answered by DNS resolver.
IPv4 / IPv6 Address : The public IP addresses on this WAN link.
Weight :
The weight of each WAN link. It is available only when algorithm of By Weight is in
use.
Domain Settings
l Domain Name: Enter the domain names for multihoming.
Name Server
IPv4 Address :
Specify the IPv4 addresses of the name servers that DNS queries would be relayed
to.
IPv6 Address :
Specify the IPv6 addresses of the name servers that DNS queries would be relayed
to.
A Record
Host Name :
Enter the prefix of the primary workstation’s name. For example: for "www.-
abc.com", the prefix will be “www”.
When :
Options are "Busy", "Idle", and "All-Time". Refer to [System]->[Date/Time] for more
information.
Source IP : Enter the IPv4 address that the DNS query comes from.
To Policy : Select the defined A Record Policy to be used for the domain setting.
TTL :
TTL (Time To Live) specifies the amount of time A Record is allowed to cache the
record.
AAAA Record
Host Name : Enter the prefix of the primary workstation’s name. For example: for "www.-
abc.com", the prefix will be “www”.
When :
Options are "Busy", "Idle", and "All-Time". Refer to [System]->[Date/Time] for
more information.
Source IP : Enter the IPv6 address that the DNS query comes from.
To Policy : Select the defined AAAA Record Policy to be used for the domain setting.
TTL :
TTL (Time To Live) specifies the amount of time A Record is allowed to cache the
record.
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