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Ferris11
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Feb 23, 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...
  • 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..