Hi Shawn, I happen to have a similar model of Asus, so I guess we have the same configuration web interface. Same as on your router, I cannot add dns entries (unfortunately).
In a personal network it is best to add a dns server. I don't know much about which dns server server is best nowadays, but BIND is definitely a good choice I think. Cheers, Thomas On 2013-08-11 9:32 PM, "Shawn" <sgro...@open2space.com> wrote: > So I have a basic network set up now via my Asus RT-N56U wireless router > with updated firmware (which happens to have parental controls too!!). The > one thing it seems to be missing is name resolution. I can't ping any > other boxes on the network by name with the firewall as my gateway and name > resolver. > > The obvious short term solution is to add my boxes into my /etc/hosts > file. That only affects my local box though. So I'm looking at setting up > a DNS server on my network and thought I'd ask here for tips and such > first. (my previous firewall - Untangle - has failed on me, but allowed me > to add HOSTS entries on the firewall that would be used for internal > resolution...) > > Is Bind still the best DNS server? Is there another/simpler name > resolution solution I'm missing? > > Thanks for any tips. > > Shawn > > ______________________________**_________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/**listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca<http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca> > Mailing List Guidelines > (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.**php<http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php> > ) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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