DNS | pfSense Documentation - Netgate
docs.netgate.com › pfsense › enOct 06, 2021 · These topics cover using pfSense® software to handle DNS requests from local clients as either a caching DNS resolver or forwarder. When acting as a resolver or forwarder, pfSense software will performs DNS resolution directly or hand off queries to an upstream DNS forwarding server. DNS Resolution Process DNS Resolver DNS Forwarder
Diagnostics — DNS Lookup | pfSense Documentation
docs.netgate.com › pfsense › enOct 05, 2021 · Navigate to Diagnostics > DNS Lookup Enter a Hostname or IP address to query Click Lookup The page displays the results of the DNS query along with supporting information and options. DNS servers included in testing ¶ The page will query a specific set of DNS servers. This set depends upon the DNS Server Settings under System > General.