DNS Server Properties dialog
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To access the DNS Server Properties dialog, add or edit a DNS server in the Server Set Properties dialog / Update DNS tab, or in the Options dialog / Default DNS Servers tab.

In the DNS server Properties dialog, you can specify the DNS server IP address, the DNS update method and related settings:



DNS server
Enter the IP address of the DNS server.
You can click the Look Up button to find the IP address of a DNS server domain name.

Update method
Select one of the 5 available DNS update methods:

Standard Dynamic DNS Update (RFC2136):

No additional settings are needed for this method.
For details about this update method, see Standard Dynamic DNS update.

TSIG Signed Dynamic DNS Update (RFC2845):

This method requires a key name and a key value.
IMPORTANT: These values should match those on the DNS server.
The key name should be entered in domain name format, but can otherwise be anything you choose.
The key value is a base64 encoded binary value - click the Generate button to generate a new value.
For details about this update method, see TSIG Signed Dynamic DNS update.

Microsoft DNS via WMI:

This method requires a user ID and a password.
This user ID must be allowed access to delete and add records in the DNS zone on the DNS server.
The user ID may need to include a Windows domain name or computer name - for example server1\administrator.
Use the Test WMI connection button to make sure Simple Failover can communicate with the DNS server.
For details about this update method, see Update DNS via WMI and Microsoft DNS.

HTTP based DynDNS service:

This method requires an update URL for the DynDNS service.
Optionally a user ID and password can be specified for basic HTTP authentication.
Simple Failover lets you specify a case-sensitive Success text string. Simple Failover will read the status reply from your provider and see if it can find this exact information on the page. You may also include HTML tags to ensure an exact match.
For details about this update method, see Update DNS via HTTP.

Scripting:

No additional settings are needed for this method.
For details about this update method, see Update DNS via Scripting.