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title: Connect to Gateway resolver · Cloudflare DNS docs
description: "To connect to Cloudflare Gateway resolver - which is required to
  reach private resources in Internal DNS - you can use the following options:"
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To connect to Cloudflare Gateway resolver - which is [required to reach private resources in Internal DNS](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/internal-dns/#architecture-overview) - you can use the following options:

* DNS endpoints supported with [DNS locations](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/resolvers-and-proxies/dns/locations/)

  * DNS over UDP/TCP port 53 (IPv4 or IPv6)
  * DNS over TLS
  * DNS over HTTPS

* [Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) files](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/resolvers-and-proxies/proxy-endpoints/)

* [WARP device client](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/team-and-resources/devices/warp/)

* [Clientless browser isolation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/remote-browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation/#filter-dns-queries)

* [Magic WAN](https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-gateway/)
