Unable to resolve static IP's names

[mtriber]

I have several machines with static IP's on my network. The pc's are windows based. I can't resolve the pc names. How do I register them in the Pfsense automatically? I have a chromebook that won't resolve the netbios name. Is there something I need to enable?

[bnoeafk]

Assuming that your pfSense system acts as

• DHCP Server (with the static IPs assigned via MAC address)

• DNS Forwarder, or

• DNS Resolver

then:

• Services > DNS (Forwarder or Resolver)

• Check DHCP Registration

• Check Static DHCP

[muswellhillbilly]

@mtriber:

I have several machines with static IP's on my network. The pc's are windows based. I can't resolve the pc names. How do I register them in the Pfsense automatically? I have a chromebook that won't resolve the netbios name. Is there something I need to enable?

If you're running a Windows AD environment, then let your Windows server handle DNS/DHCP and set your PFS as forwarder, using the PDC as it's target. Otherwise, if you only have a few Windows standalone machines with static addresses, what's the issue with just populating your PFS DNS with the PC names and corresponding addresses? If they don't change and you're just talking about a few machines it shouldn't take long to do.