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gos2610
Sep 06, 2021Aspirant
DNS for ReadyNAS 2304 and ReadyNAS 214 under macOS Big Sur
Hello,
I have installed 2 NAS Storage Systems (ReadyNAS 214 & ReadyNAS 2304) on my Network. Both get there reserved IP address from a DHCP Server (my BINTEC Router).
On my Windows Systems I can adress both NAS Systems with their DNS Name, for example NAS-AG20.
On my macOS Big Sur Systems and my iOS Systems the NAS will be registrated at the first time after booting the NAS System with the correct name. But then - I think on every refresching the DHCP Lease - the System will get a new DNS Name NAS-AG20-1, AG20-NAS-2 ... and so on. After that I can address the System (for example by PING) with this new name.
But this is a problem for any defined and saved network path.
Any idea for solution?
Thanks
Stefan
3 Replies
This is a new one for me, although I am not a mac user.
Windows isn't appending the -1, -2 stuff - so I am thinking it might be something that Big Sur is doing.
One practical work-around is to use the reserved IP address instead of the host name. You could also put the proper name in the hosts file on the mac.
- gos2610Aspirant
Hi StephanB,
It is clear that you can do it this way, but this is only a workaround and not a solution :smileywink:
So I hope for the soution ...+
Thanks
StefanG :-)
gos2610 wrote:
this is only a workaround and not a solution :smileywink:
Yes, which I said in my reply.
Sometimes workarounds are the best you can do. Hopefully someone who is running Big Sur will chime in with something better.
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