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      aagaag
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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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        SteveITS Galactic Empire @aagaag
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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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