This feature is useful when there is no DNS server running on the LAN or access to the server is restricted.
To configure name resolving please click Name Resolution in the Options menu or the corresponding icon on the toolbar. Name Resolution dialog will appear:
There are three available modes:
Locally
Applications resolve hostnames independently form Proxifier (Proxifier doesn't capture DNS requests). In this mode the local computer should be configured to resolve hostnames.
Remotely
Proxifier will resolve hostnames through the proxy server (or through the last proxy server in the chain). Unfortunately, proxy servers cannot just return an IP address for a hostname, thus Proxifier assigns a 'fake' IP address for each hostname (e.g. 0.0.0.123) that is valid only during Proxifier runtime.
Warning:
If you restart Proxifier, all applications that used Remote Name Resolution should be restarted as well, because their DNS cache becomes invalid.
Try Locally then Remotely
Applications will try to resolve hostname through a local DNS service and then through Proxifier (if the local DNS failed).
To let Proxifier detect the mode automatically please enable the Choose the mode automatically option.
Notes:
Proxifier will process DNS requests only for the applications which connections are also processed. (You can use Proxifcation Rules to specify it).
Proxifier captures DNS request of the applications that use only standard Windows functions to resolve hostnames. Programs that implement specific DNS capabilities will not be proxified. For example 'nslookup' tool will not be proxified.