Host List Settings

Use the Host List Settings page to add or remove entries from the host list. For Digi devices using the DialServ feature, the host list provides a means to map a phone number to a network destination.

The Host List settings are:

• Local Name: A phone number.
• Resolves To: a network destination.
• Add button: Adds the entry to the host list.

When accessing a device by name, the Digi device tries to locate the name within the host list. When it finds a match, it maps the host name to the alias. Typically, you can use this as a first means of locating the destination address before using the domain name system (DNS).

Each host list entry consists of a local name string which is mapped to an resolves to destination. You can specify a destination that is either an IP Address or Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). By creating several entries, the host list will allow a many-to-one mapping of multiple host names to a single destination, as well as a one-to-many mapping of a host name to multiple destinations. The one-to-many mapping allows a fail-over option; that is, a connection to the IP address first tries to resolve to the first name in the host list. If that connection attempt fails, then it tries to resolve to the next name in the host list.