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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...
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..
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
> [...] 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?
There is a service that I stream from that does not have a public DNS name. To use this service on the fire stick, I have to use the app which specifies a DNS name.
So I have to be able to resolve that DNS name to a specific IP address for the app to work.
Thanks
The router does have an /etc/hosts file. If you turn on telnet you can log into the router as root and add the entry you want. As to whether that helps a client device resolve the name I do not think it will...didnt work for me.. Your saying the old router let you add hosts file entries (via the UI) that the clients were able to then resolve ?
I did get around it by adding an entry on the Firestick through a virtual IP app.
But to answer your question, Yes. The router that came with my Fios service allows me to put in entries so I can define what IP's resolve to what DNS names.
Since it's performing DHCP functions - essentially performing DNS services for my internal network, it would seem a fairly easy modification.
Oh well. I got around it, but to think that a crappy 7 year old Fios router has this capability and that Netgear doesn't is surprising to me. It wasn't a feature that I thought I had to look for in a router before I bought it.
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..
This KB will show you how to set dns server. Just a FYI it only allows external DNS servers. Last I knew you could not use a DNS server on your network using the local network IP address range.
https://kb.netgear.com/30510/How-do-I-set-static-Domain-Name-System-servers-on-my-NETGEAR-router
