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    Pfsense local dns server?

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      Cheetohz last edited by

      Please forgive my terminology, I only have basic understanding in this area and am trying to learn.

      Does pfsense have a dns server for local host names? Or just a cache server for WAN addresses?

      When I try to ping or do a nslookup for a local machine, I receive error  domain not exist.  Even when attempting to run a lookup of the host name of the machine I am on, it fails.

      Edit: I am stumped even more so now. I have 3 hosts, my pfsense system which I will label Host1, my desktop which I will label Host2, and my server which I will label Host3

      From Host2 I can run these commands

      Ping Host1
      this resolves to an IPv4 address and pings are successful

      nslookup Host1
      This will display the ipv4 address of my pfsense system

      ping Host3
      I receive the error Ping request could not find host Host3. Please check the name and try again.

      nslookup Host3
      Server:  Host1.domain.com
      Address:  172.16.0.1

      *** Host1.domain.com can't find Host3: Non-existent domain

      Now from Host3 I can do the same as above with same results, however when I ping Host2 it will resolve to an IPv6 address and will be successful.

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        Cheetohz last edited by

        Found my answer hidden in the DNS forwarder settings to register local systems in DNS.

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