Name resolution in a home network with D-Link DI-624

[mbarak]

just to let you know - getting this to work is only 1/3 of the work
if you want dynamic dns to work you have to properly set up dhcp, and then properly integrate the two

[MaindotC]

I work on a campus environment that has the whole 136.204.x.x network so each of us get public addresses no matter where we plug in. However, I don't own any domains, so I usually host a DNS server for a lab project and don't allow dynamic DNS as I usually use a fake domain and don't want to screw w/ the other records on the internet. I usually just have testing clients to point their name resolution to my DNS server and then they can check out my stuff. But thanks!

[singamayya]

Hello,

I use the same wireless router at home and was trying to do the same thing the original poster was.

Here's my solution:

1. Enable the "DNS Relay" option in the Router's "LAN" section (found at: http://192.168.0.1/h_lan.html)

2. Add the following line to your /etc/resolv.conf file:

search localdomain

My entire /etc/resolv.conf file looks like this:

nameserver 192.168.0.1
search localdomain

This was much easier than installing bind9, etc. because the router acts as our name server instead.

Hope this helps, cheers!