DNS Server

TMeter has built-in DNS Server which allows to translate the human-readable domain name (for example, www.wikipedia.org) into the machine-readable IP address (for example, 208.75.134.23). It can function as a Caching or Forwarding DNS Server which answers to DNS queries from clients either from its cache or forward it to other DNS server which can respond to the query.

Why DNS Server is present in TMeter?

The main purpose of built-in DNS Server in TMeter is to have "all-in-one" box for Internet Gateway Software (it is really important for Windows XP or Vista). Second, DNS Server plays a key role when the traffic limit is over and TMeter displays the page "Sorry, your traffic limit is exceeded".

 Note

• DNS Server responds only when Traffic Capture is running.
• DNS Server listens on all available network interfaces for requests.
• You should specify at least one Forwarding DNS Server. This can be DNS Server of your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
• If your network has Active Directory, you should specify Active Directory DNS Server as "Forwarding DNS Service".
• By default, the permission of using your DNS Server has all networks configured at the computer running TMeter Service. You can specify an additional networks or IP address ranges that allow to send requests to DNS Server (for example, 192.168.2.1-192.168.2.555 172.30.0.1-172.30.1.255)
• Other DNS Server (by third-party vendor) may conflict with built-in DNS Service in TMeter. Therefore, you must use only single DNS Server implementation at the same PC.