Local network name problems
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before I got pfsense loaded up on our network, with our previous router, we could access other computers by name with the browser. Like, if we have a webserver on our lan named Iwo (which we do), in our web browser, we could just type http://Iwo/
now it ether times out, or gives us a 404 (resolves to like iwo.router.<our pfsense="" name="">.com)
whats the setting to fix this? we can still access shared stuff directly from within windows, but not other internal services (web, remote desktop, SSH) all have to be by IP now</our>
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http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Why_can%27t_I_access_forwarded_ports_on_my_WAN_IP_from_my_LAN/OPTx_networks%3F
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thanks that did fix my problem, but is there any way to add computers to the network and have each one call eachother by name with other services, without having to override it in the DNS forwarder
thanks,
Paul
-pfsense fan since 05 -
I don't know if this does what you want, but if you serve DHCP addresses to other computers you can have the names of the other computers registered in the DNS forwarder automatically. (Web GUI: Services -> DNS forwarder, tick the appropriate boxes in one or more of Register DHCP leases in DNS forwarder and Register DHCP static mappings in DNS forwarder).
