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LAN DNS CNAME record pointing to IP record

LAN DNS CNAME record pointing to IP record
LAN DNS CNAME record pointing to IP record
2026-02-11 19:07:45
Model: ER706W  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.2.2 Build 20250821

Hello,

I want to set my LAN DNS entries to point to the Nginx Proxy Manager IP entry.
I created an IP record with the following settings:
Domain name: nginx.lan.domain

Type: IP
IP Address: 192.168.10.123
Apply To Lan: MyVLAN

 

It is correctly resolved by the nslookup query.

 

Later, I createda  CNAME record with settings:
Domain name: grafana.lan.domain
Type: CNAME
CNAME: nginx.lan.domain

Apply To Lan: MyVLAN

When running nslookup grafana.lan.domain I get only "** server can't find grafana.lan.domain: NXDOMAIN"

What could be the case?
In the DHCP settings, I set up two DNS servers - 192.168.10.1 and the IP of my PiHole server.

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Re:LAN DNS CNAME record pointing to IP record
2026-02-12 08:04:22

Hi  @Kamool 

Thanks for posting in our business forum.

May I ask what is your network topology as well as the configuration screenshots?

If possible, may I check the error page as well when you use the Type as CNAME?

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Re:LAN DNS CNAME record pointing to IP record
2026-02-12 17:44:32

  @Hank21 

When it comes to my network topology:
Provider fiber -> ONT -> ER706W <-wireless-> EAP670 <-LAN-- (Home server with hosted Omada controller)

This is the configuration for Nginx:


Configuration for Grafana CNAME:


What errors are you looking for? I'm not getting any.

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Re:LAN DNS CNAME record pointing to IP record
2 weeks ago
Any idea on that?
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Re:LAN DNS CNAME record pointing to IP record
Friday

 

Hello,@Kamool 

We are writing to follow up and confirm whether your previously reported issue has been resolved.
 

You currently have two DNS servers configured: 192.168.10.1 and a Pi-Hole instance. When clients initiate DNS queries, requests may be routed to either server. A potential cause of the issue you encountered is that the CNAME record you created may not be recognized or cached by the Pi-Hole server. If a client’s query happens to be sent to Pi-Hole, and neither Pi-Hole’s upstream DNS nor its local records contain an entry for grafana.lan.domain, Pi-Hole will return an NXDOMAIN response.

We would like to recommend the following troubleshooting steps for your reference:

Add an A record that maps grafana.lan.domain to 192.168.10.123 in Pi-Hole’s local DNS records.
Alternatively, you may temporarily set 192.168.10.1 as the sole DNS server on your client, then test whether the query nslookup grafana.lan.domain 192.168.10.1 returns a successful result.

After adjusting the configuration, please clear the DNS cache on both your Pi-Hole server and test on the client.

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

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