Solved Local DNS and VPN Clients

[data303]

I have added custom DNS entries for my network on my Asus Router with the Merlin firmware. I followed therefore the following post

Configure Hosts File on Asus RT-AX88U Router

Have you ever wondered how to configure local access to an externally accessible resource in your network, via the same domain name? Simple example is a NAS storage. In my case Synology DS918+. After setting up SSL, I realized that I cannot access the NAS locally via the same domain name, only...

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When I now connect via VPN to my network then these DNS entries get unfortunately not resolved. I have added in the VPN settings the option "Advertise DNS to clients", however it does not help.

Any suggestions?

 

[data303]

Ok I could resolve the issue by adding the following in the "Custom Configuration"

push "dhcp-option DNS <my router local IP Address>"