Just recently deployed a SG-3100 on my home network. In setting up pfSense, I assigned LAN IP 10.20.4.1. Added a Hostname Override in DNS Resolver specifying that address along with the hostname and domain. Applied the change.
The client device is a MacBook Pro on the OPT5 interface. The mDNSResponder was stopped. DNS cache was flushed after which MDNSResponder was restarted. OPT5 is assigning addresses in the 10.24.x.x subnet.
When I enter the FQDN specified in the Hostname Override, it doesn’t get resolved and Google search page is presented. Disappointed, I checked the Network properties on the MBP. DNS server and gateway match the static IP of OPT5.
Did a little more research from the command line using dig and nslookup. I performed dig using both the IP and then just specifying the FQDN. Both listed the IP specifed for the override but I noticed that the Server addresses differed.
Here’s the nslookup -
I also tried running a traceroute but it never found my pfSense host- it was all asterisks for each hop.
Specifying either the pfSense LAN IP or the IP of OPT5 in the browser will bring up the login page in both instances.
Please enlighten me. What did I miss in setting this up?
Thank you.