UPnP/NATPMPSettings
UPnPandNATPMParenetworkprotocolswhichallowacomputerconnectedtotheLANportto
automaticallyconfiguretheroutertoallowpartiesontheWANporttoconnecttoitself.Thatway,the
processofinboundportforwardingbecomesautomated.
Whenacomputercreatesaruleusingtheseprotocols,thespecifiedTCP/UDPportofallWAN
connections'defaultIPaddresswillbeforwarded.
Checkthecorrespondingbox(es)toenableUPnPand/orNATPMP.Enablethesefeaturesonlyifyou
trustthecomputersconnectedtotheLANports.
Whentheoptionsareenabled,atablelistingalltheforwardedportsunderthesetwoprotocolscanbe
foundatNetwork>Services>UPnP/NATPMP.
12.5.3 DNSSettings
ThebuiltinDNSserverfunctionalityofthePeplinkBalancefacilitatesinboundloadbalancing.Withthis
functionality,NS/SOADNSrecordsforadomainnamecanbedelegatedtotheInternetIPaddress(es)of
thePeplinkBalance.UponreceivingaDNSquery,thePeplinkBalancecanreturn(asan“A”record)the
IPaddressforthedomainnameonthemostappropriatehealthyWANconnection.Itcanalsoactasa
genericDNSserverforhosting“A”,“CNAME”,“MX”,“TXT”and“NS”records.
ThesettingsfordefiningtheDNSrecordstobehostedbythePeplinkBalancearelocatedat
Network>InboundAccess>DNSSettings.