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endotronic
Aspirant
Feb 03, 2016
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Can't resolve hostnames with R7800

I'm not sure if this is a NetBIOS problem or a local DNS problem, but I can't resolve any hostnames on the network run by my Netgear R7800. For example, I have a linux machine on my home network with...
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  • LeeH's avatar
    LeeH
    Feb 04, 2016

    There is no DNS capability in Netgear firmware.  Populate your /etc/hosts file on LINUX machines and c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file on Windows machines.

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LeeH
Prodigy
Feb 04, 2016

There is no DNS capability in Netgear firmware.  Populate your /etc/hosts file on LINUX machines and c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file on Windows machines.

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    endotronic
    Aspirant
    Feb 04, 2016

    Damn, that's pretty annoying. Thanks though.