Static IP, DNS, and connecting to internal services internally

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#3274398 22-Aug-2024 09:40

jakebriggs: eh I'd rather have it contained locally

Meh it's just DNS... You didn't want to really manage anything so something like NextDNS was perfect for that. Could have been done by now. Blatantly simple to put it somewhere else at anytime and only takes a matter of seconds especially with Docker.

If you want to self-host -

PiHole - https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole
Adguard - https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome
Grab a Mikrotik and configure that.
Or, just configure dnsmasq yourself on your own network.

I get you're oldschool but there's no issues using off the shelf opensource products or products that have been around for years.

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#3274402 22-Aug-2024 09:50

michaelmurfy:

jakebriggs: eh I'd rather have it contained locally

Meh it's just DNS... You didn't want to really manage anything so something like NextDNS was perfect for that. Could have been done by now. Blatantly simple to put it somewhere else at anytime and only takes a matter of seconds especially with Docker.

If you want to self-host -

PiHole - https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole
Adguard - https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome
Grab a Mikrotik and configure that.
Or, just configure dnsmasq yourself on your own network.

I get you're oldschool but there's no issues using off the shelf opensource products or products that have been around for years.

I wouldn't say I'm old school - NAT Loopback is the simplest solution here, the HG659 doesn't support it, so I'll get something that does. Its so simple that I set it up literally years ago once and forgot I'd even done it and I've changed my internal network several times since adding new devices that I may want to access from outside and inside and never had to janitor it. DNS won't give me that.

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#3274403 22-Aug-2024 09:53

RunningMan:

If you want it local then you're going to have to set up something internal running DNS. Be it replacing the router with something capable or a seperate DNS instance on an existing or new piece fo hardware.

have to? I don't think so. Less than 24 hours ago I had this all running fine without running my own DNS

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#3274406 22-Aug-2024 10:02

jakebriggs:

RunningMan:

If you want it local then you're going to have to set up something internal running DNS. Be it replacing the router with something capable or a seperate DNS instance on an existing or new piece fo hardware.

have to? I don't think so. Less than 24 hours ago I had this all running fine without running my own DNS

In the first post you wanted to buy a new router, all suggestions are all rubbish and basically 24 hours have passed since the last functioning. What was your problem again? 😎

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#3274409 22-Aug-2024 10:08

Tinkerisk:

In the first post you wanted to buy a new router, all suggestions are all rubbish and basically 24 hours have passed since the last functioning. What was your problem again? 😎

I'm sorry, I really do not understand what you are trying to say here

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#3274413 22-Aug-2024 10:14

He's saying you asked for alternatives to not having to buy a new router and pretty much discounted all of the suggestions straight away.

Buying a new router seems to be the solution then.

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#3274414 22-Aug-2024 10:16

jakebriggs:

Tinkerisk:

In the first post you wanted to buy a new router, all suggestions are all rubbish and basically 24 hours have passed since the last functioning. What was your problem again? 😎

I'm sorry, I really do not understand what you are trying to say here

I’m sorry, I really do not know why you are asking if you still seem to know „the better“ solution against all good advise.

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#3274416 22-Aug-2024 10:21

freitasm:

He's saying you asked for alternatives to not having to buy a new router and pretty much discounted all of the suggestions straight away.

Buying a new router seems to be the solution then.

I didn't ask for alternatives, I asked how I might make the router I have work or if perhaps ipv6 might help and suggested I may have to buy a new router.

I do appreciate the alternative suggestions - I'm not above a hacky work around after all, but a DNS based solution just isn't appropriate for my needs.

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#3274417 22-Aug-2024 10:23

Tinkerisk:

I’m sorry, I really do not know why you are asking if you still seem to know „the better“ solution against all good advise.

I didn't know any solution when I asked, although I suspected it was "buy a new router" - but the HG659 is a common router and perhaps someone did figure out how to configure it to work.

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#3274418 22-Aug-2024 10:25

Ok, it makes sense.

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#3274419 22-Aug-2024 10:27

Also, I know the community and there are some passionate people here. So I'm locking this thread to prevent some people raising more questions without answering the OP in the context put foward now.

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