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Hi It would be a really great feature to have the orbi being able to present a LAN dns server and to auto-register dns names etc. DHCP also requires greater functionality like the ability to add ...
phroger
Jul 10, 2025Novice
Not just in ORBI routers. This is a feature that has been in DD-WRT for a long time. This is needed in any home router, including the Nighthawk series.
It is needed to correctly perform PTR lookups (reverse DNS) on the local network. The only device that knows all the DHCP names is the DHCP server (duh!). So it's either this or turn off DHCP in the router and run it somewhere else where the DHCP implementation actually knows how to do reverse DNS.