Recent content by Rob

I have seen discussions on the net stating that the use of '.local' as the TLD is not a good idea. Problems noted are: issues with MAC OS and even heavy traffic on the Internet related to the '.local' TLD. Feel free to search on the '.local domain name' for more information. Not sure about...

True, that should work as 'lan' is currently not a valid Top-Level-Domain (TLD) maintained by ICANN/IANA. When not using a registered domain, care would need to taken so that the local domain used would never be a registered one as a look-up conflict on the local DNS server would occur.

How much nvram is required for OpenVPN? I estimate that less than 5k is being used in nvram for my OpenVPN installation on dd-wrt. Although less than 300bytes is now free of the 32k. On my RT-N16, running 3.0.0.4.246.19, the nvram currently has 7,532 bytes free. Also, there are many variables...

Builder71, It has nothing to do with a Domain Controller. The domain I was referring to is the domain name used within DNS to translate names to IP addresses. The domain can be local or Internet. If you don't own an Internet domain, give it a try by leaving it blank. It should only take...

Builder71, You most likely will not need to add anything to the dnsmasq.conf file but it is recommended to add the following three options to the 'dnsmasq.conf.add' file: domain-needed bogus-priv filterwin2k It is also recommended to add a valid domain name for your LAN. This is done...

Update: my bad - had spelling error in the file names. DNS is now working! Sorry for the post. Rob

Hi, I’m having an issue customizing dnsmasq. I have a new ASUS RT-N16 and installed Asuswrt-Merlin Version 3.0.0.2.246.19 after my testing showed that the DD-WRT versions for this router have wireless issues that are not exhibited by ASUS' versions of the firmware. I have successfully...