[plug] Consumer adsl modem router with built in dns server?

[Nicholas Lloyd - HESWA]

Hi Linda,

If wanting to use a drive with Windows, I would have a Windows PC format it with NTFS and then install ntfs-3g on the other machines.

Kind regards,
Nick




From: plug [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf Of Linda Ray
Sent: Friday, 14 August 2015 4:02 PM
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] Consumer adsl modem router with built in dns server?

Hello Pluggers, I was wondering if you know whether reformatting an external Seagate Hard Drive 1TB should work for mac and linux and possibly windows if need be.
I followed some instructions from the next attempting to use EXFAT to reformat on a mac laptop... but somehow the usb connecting the harddrive came out when
I shifted it after it was several hours of formatting.. and couldn't repair or do it again, nor am I able to copy any of my data back onto it.
When I checked it on linux in the terminal of my laptop, the attached file is what it reads, with the harddrive at the bottom showing EXFAT combo it seems? I may have to take it into IT folks who retrieved my data of the Mac Desktop I had as it has been not much use to me since yet.

The other format is FAT32 but this only allows up to 4GB files maximum I believe for copying onto. Any ideas after checking my file before I go any further?

Kind Regards
Linda

On 11/08/15 11:31, Dean Bergin wrote:
Hello Marcos,

It is my understanding that good majority of consumer-grade gateway devices
(all-in-one ADSL/Wireless) do indeed run a DNS service
​, however these typically only
​
provide
​a
caching
​-only and normally only
forward DNS
​queries that it does not have cached
 (typically) configured to an ISP
​ DNS server​
.

I can confirm that the Netgear DGND4000 does
​that exact
DNS service (although I cannot determine whether you can disable it or not)
but said DNS service will only run in a caching only (forwarding)
configuration
​ as is with most other devices​
.

It might be prudent to check the Broadband Whirlpool Forums Hardware
database here: http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/bc/hardware/

If the device has DNS forwarding listed,
​chances are that is all it will provide with the manufacturers firmware
​.

Other option, if you require a fully-functional DNS server for your local
network, you could consider
​either ​
running DD-WRT
​ ​
[
​
​
http://www.dd-wrt.com/
​
] or OpenWr
​​
t
​ ​
[
​
​
https://openwrt.org/
​
] on the device and install the bind DNS server
​ package​
, or run your own DNS server on another machine within your network.
​

​Kind Regards,

*Dean Bergin*.​


On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:04 AM Marcos Raúl Carot <marcos.carot at gmail.com>
wrote:

Good morning,

Is there any consumer adsl modem/router/wireless that on top of the dhcp
server has a dns server for the local network?

Google has failed me (or I can't find the right search terms most likely!).

Cheers,

Marcos
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