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RAX80 lost ability for internal DNS resolution
My equipment:
Home ATT modem - Pace Plc Model 5268AC, Hardware Version 260-2173300, Software Version 10.7.0.530220-att.
Allowed Applications are ALL, ALL Port numbers, ALL Protocols. (This i...
node7453 wrote:
#2-Dynamic DNS . With Asus I could use Google
Still not supported - Netgear does ork on router specs from 1990.
node7453 wrote:
#3 - DNS not routing inside the network (behind my router).
Again, not supported. Would be ver easy as all the code required is already in place.
An own DNS server would make management much more difficult, as you have to reserve IP addresses on the router (or put static configs on the devices), and then manually add entries on the DNS server.
dnsmasq can takethe hostname specified as part of the DHCP process, and autometically serve for a local domain.
Again, Netgears specs from 1990.
ChristineT Christian_R that's again food for your discussions with the consumer people - these features are standard on modern consumer routers elsewhere (for years [Google DNS] resp decades local LAN DNS). All features overdue on all Netgear routers (not just the new ones).
I have found a couple of pretty old threads that are stating that NO Netgear routers will resolve this. Surely this has been fixed by now!
Would a resolution be to run a DNS server off my NAS inside my network?
https://community.netgear.com/t5/General-WiFi-Routers-Non/Local-DNS-resolution-broken/td-p/472965
node7453 wrote:
#2-Dynamic DNS . With Asus I could use Google
Still not supported - Netgear does ork on router specs from 1990.
node7453 wrote:
#3 - DNS not routing inside the network (behind my router).
Again, not supported. Would be ver easy as all the code required is already in place.
An own DNS server would make management much more difficult, as you have to reserve IP addresses on the router (or put static configs on the devices), and then manually add entries on the DNS server.
dnsmasq can takethe hostname specified as part of the DHCP process, and autometically serve for a local domain.
Again, Netgears specs from 1990.
ChristineT Christian_R that's again food for your discussions with the consumer people - these features are standard on modern consumer routers elsewhere (for years [Google DNS] resp decades local LAN DNS). All features overdue on all Netgear routers (not just the new ones).