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  1. acbeers

    Local DNS issues

    Not sure on swap space - I've also moved to BigSur, which changed the supported filesystem for Time Machine (AppleFS instead of HFS) - not sure if Merlin supports that new FS. re: name resolution - earlier posters hit on that. local names for machines registering via DHCP are entered into...
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    Local DNS issues

    Hey everyone - the core issue here was frequent restarts, which would cause DHCP client names to be forgotten until the lease would renew. It was restarting often enough (few times per hour) that most client names would be forgotten. The issue appears to have been the attached USB drive which...
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    Local DNS issues

    cptnoblivious the clients show the ASUS router as the DNS server. The problems I describe here are all visible on all clients that I have checked.
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    Local DNS issues

    OazrkEdge - for me, clients that have DHCP next to them can be referred to - e.g. "ping OBi202" or "ssh OBi202". I've just understood my problem to be primarily that my router won't stay up for more than ~10 minutes without restarting, forgetting all of the clients to which it handed out a DHCP...
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    Local DNS issues

    I've since configured the router for ssh access and I've been looking around, and noticing regular restarts. That would explain the above - addressed handed out by DHCP before the reboot are forgotten, so aren't in dnsmasq and so therefore don't have resolvable names. Perhaps I need to get to...
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    Local DNS issues

    Running firmware version 3.0.0.4.384_82072
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    Local DNS issues

    I have a AC86U running stock firmware, and I'm having local DNS issues. Some names will resolve and some will not. I've noticed that clients that are labeled "DHCP" in the clients list have names that will resolve. Those marked "static" and "manual" will not. I've also noticed I have many...
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