What provides domain resolution to a local subnet.

RimBlock · 25 Aug 2011 at 09:35

Hi,

I have my home network on the 192.168.1.0 subnet and my Win7 desktop can map drives from my nas by name but my Linux boxes cannot. Like wise, my Windows boxes cannot access my Linux boxes by name.

What am I missing

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Thanks
RB

RimBlock · 25 Aug 2011 at 16:06

My Linux box is pointing to google DNS servers but so is my Windows desktop.

I have a local WHS 2011 with DHCP running on it and my ISPs router has had DHCP turned off.

RB

RimBlock · 26 Aug 2011 at 03:17

lurkio said:
add an entry to your linux box(s) / windows hosts file for your nas ,
that should allow them to see it

Yeah, that is a possibility although the Linux boxes are VMs (on a ESXi server) and it would seem a pain to have to manage individual hosts files. My Linux based media players (WDTV Live and AC Ryan HD2) also have the same issue and I cannot change any hosts files easily for them.

lurkio said:
OR simpler way

enable DHCP on your router and set ALL devices to DHCP (use static DHCP assignment if you want specific IP's for devices)

I have DHCP enabled on the NAS (WHS 2011), I have the NAS ip as static and have a static entry for it in the DHCP configuration.

lurkio said:
IF you are using an external DNS service , how on earth will it know about ANY of your local devices ? ... it wont

Of course it wouldn't but then I would not expect my ISPs DNS server to know about all the machines I am running on my network either, hence the question.

RB

RimBlock · 26 Aug 2011 at 03:21

Uhtred said:
host dns on your router or the whs box, point all machines to this (using dhcp scope options). You then set external dns in the whs or router config so that any records that the internal dns server can't resolve it will forward to google dns.

clear as mud?

Yep looked at doing that and it all went a bit pear shaped (documented in this thread) what with the DNS server wanting a domain name and not being able to find any guides on configuring DNS for only an internal lan.

I will revisit if someone is able to point me at a decent guide (most concentrate on DNS servers for serving registered domains externally).

Cheers
RB