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Brad Rogers wrote: > Simon Williams <sw6400@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Google suggests that Netgears routers aren't actually capable of doing >> this!?! Can anyone confirm/deny this? > > On my NG834, under Basic Settings, is a section labelled Domain Name > Server (DNS) Address. It has options; > > Get Automatically from ISP > Use These DNS servers > Primary DNS ___ ___ ___ ___ > Secondary DNS ___ ___ ___ ___ > > I've never tried a local DNS setup, so naively assumed it would work, > given that the local DNS machine exists and the entered details are > correct. > > I usually use ISP DNS, but sometimes have top swap to another server > (not local) which work. From what I can gather, the DNS "server" on Netgear's routers is just a forwarder- there doesn't appear to be any link between it's DNS and it's DHCP. I do hope I'm wrong though. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html