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# Connect to Gateway resolver

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To connect to Cloudflare Gateway resolver - which is [required to reach private resources in Internal DNS](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/dns/internal-dns/#architecture-overview) \- you can use the following options:

* DNS endpoints supported with [DNS locations](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.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://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/resolvers-and-proxies/proxy-endpoints/)
* [WARP device client](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/team-and-resources/devices/cloudflare-one-client/)
* [Clientless browser isolation](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/remote-browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation/#filter-dns-queries)
* [Cloudflare WAN](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-gateway/)

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