| · | File Menu
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| · | Pause / Start server
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| Use to temporarily pause and re-start the DNS and DHCP services.
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| · | Shutdown Simple DNS Plus
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| Shuts down Simple DNS Plus.
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| · | View Menu
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| · | Tool Bar
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| Toggles the Tool Bar on / off.
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| · | Status Bar
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| Toggles the Status Bar on / off.
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| · | Performance Graph
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| Shows the Performance Graph View.
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| · | Active Log
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| Shows the Active Log View.
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| · | DHCP Leases
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| Shows the DHCP Leases View.
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| · | Tools Menu
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| · | Enter License Key...
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| Select this function when you have purchased a Simple DNS Plus license (at http://www.simpledns.com/purchase.asp) to enter your license key. This will remove the evaluation time restriction.
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| · | Edit DNS Records...
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| Opens the DNS Records window.
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| · | IP Address Blocking...
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| Opens the IP Address Blocking dialog.
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| · | Reload DNS Records
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| Immediately reloads all DNS records including the hosts file and root records.
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| Use if manual changes have been made to any of the configuration files.
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| · | Clear DNS Cache
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| Unloads all cached records.
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| One possible use is if you want to track through the log the exact path to finding an external domain name from the root down.
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| · | DNS Look Up...
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| Opens the DNS Look Up tool window.
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| · | DNS Cache Snapshot...
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| Opens the Cache Snapshot Viewer window.
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| · | Active Log Snapshot...
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| Use this function if the Active Log View is scrolling to fast or you need to copy text from the log.
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| · | Options
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| Opens the Options dialog.
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| · | Window Menu
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| · | Clear Active Log (only available if Active Log view is shown).
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| Clears the Active Log window.
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| · | Tabbed documents
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| Enables/disables tabbed layout of View windows.
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| · | Tile / Cascade / Window selections
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| Functions to organize/select the view windows.
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| · | Help Menu
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| · | Contents and index
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| Opens this help file
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| · | Online support
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| Opens the JH Software support web page in your default browser.
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| · | Check for updates
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| Checks if you are running the most recent version of Simple DNS Plus.
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| · | Support File
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| Generates a file "support.txt" in the directory where Simple DNS Plus is installed. This file contains various information about your setup and the state of Simple DNS Plus on your computer which can be helpful for trouble shooting by JH Software support staff.
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| · | About Simple DNS Plus
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| Displays the Simple DNS Plus version number and license status.
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| · | Look Up Button
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| Opens the DNS Look Up tool.
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| · | Cache Button
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| Opens the Cache Snapshot Viewer.
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| · | Records Button
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| Opens the DNS Records dialog.
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| · | Help Button
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| Opens this help file.
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| · | Status
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| Show current server status - and if running, the total up-time.
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| · | Requests
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| Total number of requests received.
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| · | Cache
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| Number of DNS records currently in the cache including root records, and hosts file records.
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