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Re: [LUG] Netgear routers - local DNS

 

Brad Rogers wrote:
> Simon Williams <sw6400@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Google suggests that Netgears routers aren't actually capable of doing 
>> this!?! Can anyone confirm/deny this?
> 
> On my NG834, under Basic Settings, is a section labelled Domain Name
> Server (DNS) Address.  It has options;
> 
>   Get Automatically from ISP
>   Use These DNS servers
>      Primary DNS      ___ ___ ___ ___
>      Secondary DNS    ___ ___ ___ ___
> 
> I've never tried a local DNS setup, so naively assumed it would work,
> given that the local DNS machine exists and the entered details are
> correct.
> 
> I usually use ISP DNS, but sometimes have top swap to another server
> (not local) which work.

 From what I can gather, the DNS "server" on Netgear's routers is just a 
forwarder- there doesn't appear to be any link between it's DNS and it's 
DHCP. I do hope I'm wrong though.

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