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Home network DNS DHCP with dual-wan FVS336G firewall
Hi, I have used Netgear firewalls for my home network for a decade or more. I love the devices. Currently I have about 10 devices (computers, ipads, iphones, smart tv) running on my home network. The...
Hi kkkwj,
Welcome to the community!
The domain name that you saw was actually for your firewall and it doesn't have to do anything with your DNS lookup. You may need to have a DNS server inside your network in order to translate those IP addresses to resolve its name. For setting up port-forwarding, here is the link.
Regards,
Thank you for your reply. I had more or less come to the same conclusion about having a DNS server inside my firewall--who (or what) else could my machines query, if not a DNS accessible to them. Either that, or put a hosts file with the appropriate entries in each of my (few) computers.
I have forgotten so much about running a network over 20 years that it scares me.
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