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
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, bu
I'm actually an Untangle reseller and only have it installed as a
firewall/gateway at two small sites. For larger networks I use it in
bridge mode behind another firewall. It's just not a robust gateway
solution.
For Internet facing DNS zones Bind is the way to go, but is overkill for
your appli
dnsmasq is used by default on OpenWRT IIRC as well.
Bind may be a "heavy" solution, but it is ultimately the one I chose. I
have 3 bind servers on my LAN. The primary is actually a VM (KVM) with the
slave installs living on the firewall itself (vanilla Ubuntu 13.04 server)
and the KVM server hos
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