The Domain Name Service is a system designed to allow the identification of Internet servers to be based on names rather than IP addresses. Because Internet communication is based on IP addresses, all names must be translated into an IP address. This is the purpose of a Domain Name Server.

WinRoute Lite has a built-in DNS proxy that can take DNS queries from the local network and forward them to an Internet Domain Name Server. By default the DNS Proxy is enabled and WinRoute will forward all requests to the servers detected by the operating system (usually assigned by your ISP). Alternatively you can choose to forward DNS queries to specified servers.