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Proper Duo Network Config
I use my Duo v1 to run Backup on several desktops at home. Name resolution has been hit-or-miss over the years, and before I upgrade to a x86 product I would like to see if I can make this old box per...
StephenB wrote: Is 204.232.137.207 your router's external address?
This sounds like a DNS problem of some sort.
According to www.whatsmyip.org it is not. All of my devices have the DNS servers that have been handed out by my ISP.
When I inspect the NBT cache on my Duo (which is acting as my WINS server, it only has a few devices listed, some with the correct IPs and some with clearly incorrect IPs. Also there are always a few devices missing from the table--usually a computer or two. This leads me to believe that the Duo is failing at its job as a WINS server. But I'm not sure how to test this hypothesis. I also don't understand why my Duo and NV+ use a different name resolution process than my win 7 machines use. For that matter, do you know what process the NASes use for name resolution? The only reason I'm running WINS is because I assumed they needed it, but maybe that is mistaken.
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