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Configuring ISP Lines

Background

Usually, a DNS server returns the same IP address to visitors from different networks. However, in cross-network access, this would lead to high latency and poor user experience.

If you configure ISP lines when you create record sets, the DNS server returns different resolution results or IP addresses to visitors based on their carrier networks.

ISP lines can be configured only for public zones.

If a resolution line is faulty, you cannot switch to another resolution line.

For example, you have built a website using domain name example.com and hosted the website on three servers, with one in a China Telecom equipment room, one in a China Unicom data center, and one in a China Mobile data center. You need to configure four ISP lines: Default, China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Mobile.

ISP Lines

ISP lines are categorized by telecom carriers in China.

Table 1 ISP lines

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, Jiaoyuwang, Pengboshi, and Tietong

North China

Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia

Northeast China

Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang

Northwest China

Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang

Central China

Henan, Hubei, and Hunan

East China

Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Shandong

South China

Guangdong, Hainan, and Guangxi

Southwest China

Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet

For example, you have configured the following resolution lines for record set example.com:

  • Default: 1.1.1.1
  • China Telecom: 2.2.2.2
  • China Telecom_North China: 3.3.3.3

When a China Telecom user in North China requests the domain name example.com, IP address 3.3.3.3 is returned. When a China Telecom user in another region requests this domain name, IP address 2.2.2.2 is returned. When a non-China Telecom user in a region other than North China requests the domain name, IP address 1.1.1.1 is returned.

Procedure

Configure ISP lines for your public domain names hosted on the DNS service.

The following example describes how to configure the record set of the Default line to 1.1.1.1 and the record set of the China Telecom line to 2.2.2.2 for example.com.

  1. Go to the Public Zones page.
  1. Click the name (example.com) of the public zone.

    The Record Sets page is displayed.

  2. Click Add Record Set.
  1. Add two A record sets for example.com. Configure the parameters based on Table 2.
    Table 2 Parameters for adding an A record set

    Parameter

    Description

    Line 1

    Line 2

    Name

    Prefix of the domain name to be resolved.

    For example, if the domain name is example.com, the prefix can be as follows:

    • www: The domain name is www.example.com, which is usually used for a website.
    • Left blank: The domain name is example.com.

      The Name field cannot be set to an at sign (@). Just leave it blank.

    • abc: The domain name is abc.example.com, a subdomain of example.com.
    • mail: The domain name is mail.example.com, which is typically used for email servers.
    • *: The domain name is *.example.com, which is a wildcard domain name, indicating all subdomains of example.com.

    www

    www

    Type

    Type of the record set.

    A – Map domains to IPv4 addresses

    A – Map domains to IPv4 addresses

    Line

    Resolution line.

    The DNS server will return the IP address of the specific line, depending on where the visitors come from.

    • Default: returns the default resolution result irrespective of where the visitors come from.
    • ISP: returns the resolution result based on visitors' carrier networks.
    • Region: returns the resolution result based on visitors' geographical locations. For details, see Configuring Region Lines.

    Default

    ISP_China Telecom

    TTL (s)

    Cache duration of the record set on a local DNS server, in seconds.

    The value ranges from 1 to 2147483647, and the default is 300.

    If your service address changes frequently, set TTL to a smaller value.

    Learn more about TTL.

    Default value: 300

    Default value: 300

    Value

    IPv4 addresses mapped to the domain name.

    Enter each IPv4 address on a separate line.

    1.1.1.1

    2.2.2.2

    Weight

    (Optional) Weight of a record set. The value ranges from 0 to 1000, and the default value is 1.

    This parameter is only designated for public domain names.

    If a resolution line in a zone contains multiple record sets of the same type, you can set different weights to each record set. For details, see Configuring Weighted Routing.

    1

    1

    Tag

    (Optional) Identifier of a record set. Each tag contains a key and a value. You can add a maximum of 10 tags to a record set.

    For details about tag key and value requirements, see Table 3.

    example_key1

    example_value1

    example_key1

    example_value1

    Description

    (Optional) Supplementary information about the record set.

    You can enter a maximum of 255 characters.

    N/A

    N/A
    Table 3 Tag key and value requirements

    Parameter

    Requirements

    Example Value

    Key
    • Cannot be left blank.
    • Must be unique for each resource.
    • Can contain a maximum of 36 characters.
    • Cannot start or end with a space nor contain special characters =*<>\,|/

    example_key1

    Value
    • Cannot be left blank.
    • Can contain a maximum of 43 characters.
    • Cannot start or end with a space nor contain special characters =*<>\,|/

    example_value1
  2. Click OK.
Parent topic: Intelligent Resolution