On Thursday 31 October 2024 14:21:27 GMT Michael wrote: > On Thursday 31 October 2024 11:07:13 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I've always used static addresses. The exception is the wireless network, > > on which things come and go. I'm confident in dnsmasq on the wired LAN - > > it's been running for years. > > Is dnsmasq also used by the wireless network successfully, or is the router > running its own DHCP/DNS show?
I meant to say: dnsmasq serves the wired network; the router serves DHCP to the wireless one, since it's directly upstream of them and dnsmasq isn't. --->8 > > The router is a Fritz!Box, and it's a bit of a beast to understand. (Is > > there a characteristic German approach to user interface design? I begin > > to wonder, what with this and my boiler...) > > Fritz!Box is one of the better provisioned domestic routers. That'll be why Zen Internet uses it then. That's my ISP, as you can tell from my address. > I've only used it once and mostly over wired Ethernet, but was impressed by > its functions and features compared to other rubbish on the market. I can't > recall its firewall options menu - I would think there would be no > restrictions across LAN devices, bar Wireless Client Isolation. Different > VLANs would either way isolate wireless devices to their own broadcast > domain. For a quick test you can disable wireless client isolation and see > if things start working as expected. I've just tried to find its firewall setup, and failed. Searching for 'firewall' in the manual finds nothing. I'll keep looking. -- Regards, Peter.
