Weird LAN IPs

[Raleigh]

Hi there,

What I have:

DNS Forwarders enabled
DNS Server disabled

The problem: when I tried to ping a computer by hostname, it returned a different IP not the LAN IP (192.168.1.x)

Need help on this,

Thanks

[Cry Havok]

Details a little to vague to really allow any help, however…

It sounds like the unspecified hostname is resolved by the DNS server's you are using.

[Raleigh]

Everything's running ok until I tried to disable the DNS Forwarder, I lost internet connection. I enabled it again and when I tried to ping a computer by hostname, it returned a different IP (74.200.220.215) not the LAN IP (192.168.0.x)

I can still ping the LAN but only if I specified their local IP (192.168.0.x)

What went wrong?

[GruensFroeschli]

When you disable the DNS Forwarder and your clients have the pfSense as DNS Server the "should" no longer be able to resolve names.

I suspect that 74.200.220.215 is your public IP on WAN. This happens when you try to resolve a name that does not exist.

Did you enable on the DNS forwarder page that DHCP-lease names are added to the hosts-list of the DNS forwarder?

[Raleigh]

@GruensFroeschli:

When you disable the DNS Forwarder and your clients have the pfSense as DNS Server the "should" no longer be able to resolve names.

I suspect that 74.200.220.215 is your public IP on WAN. This happens when you try to resolve a name that does not exist.

Did you enable on the DNS forwarder page that DHCP-lease names are added to the hosts-list of the DNS forwarder?

This is what I only have on my DNS Forwarder…

Thanks