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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DIR-655 => Topic started by: madams2246 on July 10, 2012, 03:36:48 PM

Title: Does D-Link make a gateway\router with
Post by: madams2246 on July 10, 2012, 03:36:48 PM

an internal DNS function?

Title: Re: Does D-Link make a gateway\router with
Post by: FurryNutz on July 10, 2012, 08:03:28 PM

Since DNS comes from external sources and from ISPs, i would presume that no. You can specify what DNS to use on the router however DNS is a external source is very vast in information and data.  ::)

Title: Re: Does D-Link make a gateway\router with
Post by: nicknml on July 11, 2012, 05:46:45 PM

Quote from: FurryNutz on July 10, 2012, 08:03:28 PM

Since DNS comes from external sources and from ISPs, i would presume that no. You can specify what DNS to use on the router however DNS is a external source is very vast in information and data.  ::)

I think what he meant was if he could have the router manage a DNS zone to resolve hosts on his internal network.  An easy solution would be a cheap Linux box. I would personally recommend something inexpensive such as a Raspberry Pi that only costs around $35 plus a usb micro charger and an SD card if that's all that he needs.

Title: Re: Does D-Link make a gateway\router with
Post by: madams2246 on July 11, 2012, 09:21:34 PM

Thanks that is what I what is was looking for.  My previous router from another company had customer firmware that included an internal DNS function for resolving names on my LAN.  That is the function I miss that is not on my DIR-655.

Title: Re: Does D-Link make a gateway\router with
Post by: FurryNutz on July 12, 2012, 07:27:04 AM

I might call DLink and ask if and which model router they have that has this internal DNS function for the LAN side. From my experiences with several DIR models, I haven't seen this on any of these model routers. Let us know if you find out anything from DLink.