migrate lan DNS to pfSense
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I have a smallish network and the names of the devices (printer.lan, 3dprinter.lan, nas.lan, etc.) are resolved by the DNS service of a Windows Server. I intend to migrate this service to pfSense. However it is unclear to me how to do this in the most efficient manner. Should I enable the pfSense resolver? Can I import all the mappings of ip addresses -> names from the windows DNS table?
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@aagaag If this is Active Directory then I would leave DNS on Windows. PCs can update their own IPs there.
If you want pfSense to handle DNS you can either:
- set Windows DNS to forward queries to pfSense
- configure a DNS domain override in pfSense to forward queries for your .lan domain to your Windows DNS server IP
I am not aware of a way to import records.
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