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Ferris11's avatar
Ferris11
Aspirant
Feb 24, 2020
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R7800 DNS entry

I recently installed an r7800 to be the primary router in my house from Fios.  I used the Verizon one previously. I have an amazon fire stick and had to enter a dns entry to stream service that I use.  I was able to do it on the junky fios router but I can't seem to find where to do it on this one.  Can someone please point me to the right location where I can enter a DNS entry and corresponding IP?  

 

Thanks

  • RMinNJ's avatar
    RMinNJ
    Feb 27, 2020

    There is a way to do it..     Granted i am running Voxels firmware but its based on netgears .. hope NGs is similiar..

     

    0.) Telnet into the router   (ssh if voxels)

     

    To test temporarily;

    1.)  vi /tmp/dnsmasq.conf 

    add the entry(s) you want to the bottom of the file with lines like;

    address=/bartsimpson.domain1.com/192.168.0.2

     

    2.) restart dnsmasq

    /etc/init.d/dnsmasq stop

    /etc/init.d/dnsmasq start

     

    3.) On your client/device   (not the router) do a dns lookup or try to resolve  bartsimpson.domain1.com

     

    To make the change permanent  add the line to /etc/dnsmasq-resolv.conf   and restart 

    the 7800.

     

    So no I could not find a place in the  GUI to add static entries but 7800 is running an OS

    capable of doing it..

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

9 Replies

    • Ferris11's avatar
      Ferris11
      Aspirant
      Feb 24, 2020

      I appreciate the RTFM advice, but I think my request is a bit different:

       

      I want to manually put a DNS entry as follows:

       

      whatever.com 1.2.3.4

       

      Just like in a host file.

       

      Is there a way to input something like this on a Netgear router? Is there a host file that I can modify that will take priority over DNS queries?

       

      Thanks

      • antinode's avatar
        antinode
        Guru
        Feb 24, 2020

        > [...] Is there a host file that I can modify that will take priority
        > over DNS queries?

         

           I can't recall seeing a consumer-grade Netgear router which has that
        feature (a user-configurable DNS server).

         

        > [...] I have an amazon fire stick and had to enter a dns entry to
        > stream service that I use. [...]

         

           What, exactly, needs a DNS name, and why? If it's not on your LAN,
        then how would you be getting its address?  If it is on your LAN, then
        why can't you use its IP address?

         

           What is the actual problem which you are trying to solve?