Resolve local hostnames / local DNS via USG60W

Ben434 · February 2020

Hi all,

quick one as I am not perfectly whether this can be done at all with this router:

I have a variety of devices on a subnet (wifi and cable), no issues so far. However, as I haven't set up any local DNS as of now, the hosts only can communicate via their IPs.

Is there a way to have the USG60W do local DNS so that e.g. "ping hostname" works on the local network?

Thanks!

B

Ian31 · February 2020

Hi @Ben434,

Couple settings combined could achieve.

Only recommend for small scale network (<=15 devices), acceptable effort to maintain.

1.Configure stable static DHCP IPs for devices

Edit the interface of devices located
Add IP address and MAC address of devices into static DHCP table

2.Configure domain name of USG

On System -> Host Name, key in a domain name.
USG DHCP service will offer the Domain Name as DNS suffix for clients

3.Add hostname into DNS for devices

On System -> DNS, add hostname & IP of devices into Address/PTR Record table

Then you can ping hostname to test.

Ian31 · February 2020

Hi @Ben434,

Couple settings combined could achieve.

Only recommend for small scale network (<=15 devices), acceptable effort to maintain.

1.Configure stable static DHCP IPs for devices

Edit the interface of devices located
Add IP address and MAC address of devices into static DHCP table

2.Configure domain name of USG

On System -> Host Name, key in a domain name.
USG DHCP service will offer the Domain Name as DNS suffix for clients

3.Add hostname into DNS for devices

On System -> DNS, add hostname & IP of devices into Address/PTR Record table

Then you can ping hostname to test.

Ben434 · February 2020

Thanks @Ian31 - done and dusted. cheerio

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