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Can not access intranet using hostnames, but can access with IP
Hi folks I am struggling to complete the setup at home. Just took TWC cable internet and have the CG3000 Dv2-RG. I connected this and the internet is on and doing well. I connected most of my oth...
Hostnames are usually resolved by DNS. The CG3000 usually acts as the DNS relay and sends DNS queries to the DNS server. If the CG3000 is using TWC's DNS server, then DNS resolution for your local servers will fail. The CG3000 doesn't have any DNS settings besides the DNS server address. You cannot point to a local DNS server. It won't work.
There is one exception. If your servers run mDNS (called Avahi on Linux), then hostnames with .local appended to them can be locally resolved. For example, myserver.local should work. mDNS uses IP Multicast.
That makes sense thought it doesn't help me then. In that case I need to run avahi on each of the Linux devices right?
I will give it a try. If not can I use the cg3000 only as the cable modem and use a different router to serve dns?
Thanks