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Create DNS aliases
is there a way to create a DNS alias on the router so that all devices on my network can use it? I have an older smart TV (Hisense) that runs on the VEWD platform and I use OTTPlayer to stream IPT...
the router doesn't really handle dns. If you look at its settings, you're basically pointing the dns requests to a seperate servers IP address. Usually its your ISP's dns. But some people change it to public ones like cloudfare/googles.
Have you tried changing those?
I've changed them to the IPs for OpenDNS.com to do filtering. I wasnt able to find anything in OpenDNS' settings to create an alias either. If I could access the TV's OS I could create a hosts file entry and be done with it but this Hisense TV uses VEWD and I dont know of any way to access the OS.