Question

Hello, (the first itteration of the question apeared a little stumbled)

I do have an internet connection with a router which does not allow NAT loopback.
internet ==>> (public IP) router (192.168.1.1/24)

In this network I do have a stacked RUT240 (FW: RUT2_R_00.07.02.04) for local network separation.
... ==>> router 192.168.1.1/24 ==>> RUT240 (192.168.2.1/24) ==>> Server (192.168.2.99)

On this local network there is a server and set up working dyndns to access this server from the outside. (working properly)
Inside the local network I can access the server via its local IP or the WAN IP of the RUT240 but I can not use the public IP or dyndns domain name as the internet router does not allow NAT loopback.

Of course I could add an entry on clients  /etc/hosts  but is there a way to add an DNS entry for RUT240   example.com -> 192.168.2.99 (server IP)?
So not to have to edit the host files of the mobile devices any time they switch networks?

Answer 1

Hello,

From a SSH or CLI console add a line in /etc/hosts and reload the configuration:

echo "192.168.2.99 example.com" >> /etc/hosts
killall -HUP dnsmasq

Regards,

Comments

thank you very much, it works.
Had added the lines in /et/hosts before,
but was missing the killall -HUP dnsmasq.

I had a workaround with a dedicated dns server in the network, but this is much more reliable.

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Glad for you. Strange that you can't disable "Filter Wan NAT redirection" or some similar formulation on your main router.