Because the gateway is located in a datacenter and has its own built-in DNS resolver, DNS queries to 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 are significantly faster than resolving from the user's local network. Plus, you can map internal domains like grafana.internal for the whole team automatically.
Half the team can resolve internal names, half can't. Cafe Wi-Fi, work laptop, personal laptop — every change is a new failure mode. Furthermore, local ISP resolvers are often slow, delaying the initial connection.
The gateway executes the DNS resolution directly from the datacenter, skipping the user's slow local ISP. It also resolves internal domains (like grafana.internal) instantly for anyone with the extension, without leaving public traces.
In the dashboard, map your internal hostname (e.g. grafana.internal) to its target IP address.
Team members just turn on the extension. They can instantly open grafana.internal without changing any local DNS settings.
Because the gateway resides in a datacenter, all its DNS queries to upstream resolvers (like 1.1.1.1) happen in milliseconds, speeding up overall connections.
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