Configuration Guide How to Configure Local DNS Server on Omada Router

Background:
This post provides a configuration guide on configuring the local DNS server in standalone mode.
This Article Applies to:
Omada routers with LAN DNS capability.
Configuration Steps:
1. Log in to your router by 192.168.0.1(default gateway IP).
2. Go to Network > LAN > LAN DNS. Click Add.
2. Create a DNS entry. Note that this DNS entry may apply to a single network or all of your VLAN interfaces.
Verification:
Open Command Prompt:
In this case, we are using .local and .com. You may use other suffixes.
In this case, the DNS server is 192.168.0.1. The resolution is 192.168.0.1. It is displayed as such.
Enter the domain names:
Note:
1. Configuration steps for Controller mode are similar.
2. Please note that this will involve an adapted firmware, not just a controller update. Firmware development is a complex process, and timelines may change. Therefore, we cannot provide a specific release date at this time. Please stay tuned to future firmware release notes for updates.
3. When introducing a feature like this, we typically apply it uniformly across all models to ensure consistency and a seamless user experience.
However, it's essential to acknowledge that hardware limitations may exist, which might prevent us from adding the feature to certain models. In such cases, we cannot provide individual notifications explaining the reason. Please note that we cannot guarantee the fulfillment of all requests, and we must set clear expectations upfront.
4. When the Type is IP/CNAME, wildcard * is supported. For example, "*.tplink.com" means that all domain names containing ".
tplink.com" are supported, but such as "tplink.*.com" or "
tplink.com.*” are not supported.
5. Please make sure your DNS server IP is the router's LAN IP. Or this Local DNS server(LAN DNS) configuration is not effective.
6. VPN would be effective for the local DNS configuration. Make sure you have configured the VPN server DNS as the router's LAN IP.
Update Log:
Feb 11th, 2025:
Release of the article.
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arrmo wrote
@Clive_A Thanks! Let me dig, not finding how to enable SSH. I tried to turn on CLI, but it only says it works with my switches, not the gateway?!?!
And yes, on the web interface - exactly as you have below. I have to "Create a new LAN DNS" for every IP address (client) on my network?
It does not have a batch import for the device yet from the GUI.
As for the other aspect, SSH should be working. Not sure why it does not work for your case. Have you enabled SSH for the router? Did you verify that?
I've never seen this error on my Omada router.
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@Clive_A No worries on the GUI (vs. CLI) ... that's fine, no issue. I'm good with ssh, but ;). Yes - I enabled ssh, and I get the noted response ... why is it forcing (looking) for key based login, not accepting username / password? I need to get in, to use the CLI lol.
Once ssh is working, what is the batch input / format?
Thanks!
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@Clive_A OK, I got ssh working ... I had to add to the ssh command,
ssh -oHostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa user@192.168.0.1
So then :). What is the command and file format for batch input? Also, can a similar (batch) approach be used to update the static DHCP table (i.e. IP reservations)?
Thanks!
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arrmo wrote
@Clive_A OK, I got ssh working ... I had to add to the ssh command,
ssh -oHostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa user@192.168.0.1
So then :). What is the command and file format for batch input? Also, can a similar (batch) approach be used to update the static DHCP table (i.e. IP reservations)?
Thanks!
I don't have this information. You can run the enable and configure to see what config commands are supported. Like I wrote earlier, there is a chance that the router CLI mode may not work with the LAN DNS yet if you tried the enable or configure.
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@Clive_A That makes sense, no issue! FYI, here is what I see in config - no DNS (or just me?)? And ... how to set (not just show) values? Thanks!
(config)#help
Commands available:
help Show available commands
exit Exit from current mode
show system-info Display system information.
show history Display command history.
show monitor session Display session information.
show interface status Display interface status information.
show interface switchport Display interface switch port information.
show interface vlan Display interface VLAN information.
show arp Display ARP entry information.
show vlan Display VLAN information.
show vlan summary Display summary of VLAN information.
show ikev1 policy Display ikev1 module entry information.
show ikev2 policy Display ikev2 module entry information.
show transform-set Display transform-set module entry information.
show crypto map Display map module entry information.
show crypto ipsec sa Display the SA information of the established IPSec.
show all ikev1 policy Display all ikev1 module entry information.
show all ikev2 policy Display all ikev2 module entry information.
show all transform-set Display all transform-set module entry information.
show all crypto map Display all map module entry information.
show access-list Display entry information of ACL rules.
show system-time Display system time.
show system-time ntp Display system NTP server address.
show time-range Display time-range module entry information.
show ip rip Display RIP interface information.
show ip ospf Display ospf information.
show ip ospf database Display the database information of OSPF.
show ip ospf neighbor Display OSPF neighbor table information.
show ip ospf interface Display the interface information of OSPF.
show ip route static Display entry information of static IP route.
show ip dhcp server pool View DHCP server address pool.
show ip dhcp server status Check DHCP server status.
show ip http configuration Display http configuration.
show network Display OSPF network information.
show nat virtual-server Display the entry information of NAT virtual-server.
show nat one-to-one Display the entry information of one-to-one NAT.
show nat alg Display the entry information of NAT ALG.
show dhcp server Display DHCP server information.
show dhcp server client-list View DHCP server client information
show dhcp relay Display DHCP relay information.
show snmp-server Display SNMP server configuration.
show ssh configuration Display SSH configuration information.
clear history Clear previously run commands.
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