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Seperate DNS for guest network

  This repeated request has been merged into the main thread Feature Request - Guest Network separate DHCP/DNS settings. Please vote on the main thread.

 
19
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Seperate DNS for guest network

  This repeated request has been merged into the main thread Feature Request - Guest Network separate DHCP/DNS settings. Please vote on the main thread.
Seperate DNS for guest network
Seperate DNS for guest network
2022-11-21 19:33:32 - last edited 2024-10-24 02:28:46
Model: Deco X60   Deco M5  
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Tp-Link allows you to create an isolated guest network which is great however it lacks some basic functionality.

I would like to be able to give devices connecting to my guest network access to a seperate DNS. I host my own DNS locally which myt router is set to use. Whenever a device connects to my network my router gives them the ip address of the local DNS server for all their DNS queries. The issue with this is obvious, if a device connects to my guest network it is unable to reach my locally hosted DNS and therefore unable to resolve DNS queries.

Being able to add a second DNS for the guest netowrk would solve this issue.

   
   
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Re:Seperate DNS for guest network
2022-11-21 20:36:40 - last edited 2022-11-22 05:51:57

  @anoncontainer 

 

How do you solve that issue now?

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Re:Seperate DNS for guest network
2022-11-21 21:21:27 - last edited 2022-11-22 05:51:57

  @Alexandre. 

 

At the moment I just manually edit the DNS per device on the guest network

If the device frequently connects to the network I assign a static IP with my router. If you assign a static IP you can manually define DNS on a per device

basis.

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Re:Seperate DNS for guest network
2022-11-21 21:37:27 - last edited 2022-11-22 05:51:57

  @anoncontainer 

 

I had conversation on that topic with someone and suggested workaround. Here is what we discussed.

 

Have second DNS service and connect it to Guest Network SSID. It could be separate box or same if your current DNS host has WiFi network card. If same, configure DNS service answer queries on both IP addresses: wired from Main and wireless from Guest. I know you can do that with BIND, for example.

 

You now have two IP addresses for DNS service: one of each reachable on Main and on Guest networks, another is not. Configure router with these two IP addreses as your primary and secondary DNS. Most devices should be able to handle properly primary/secondary DNS with one of them down.

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Re:Seperate DNS for guest network
2022-11-21 21:42:36 - last edited 2022-11-22 05:51:57

  @Alexandre. 

 

Thank you for your suggestion.
The issue is when the guest network is isolated. When you enable isolation on the guest network the devices connected to the guest network can not talk to each other. Your only option is to use a DNS that is reachable from WAN.

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Re:Seperate DNS for guest network
2022-11-21 22:03:51 - last edited 2022-11-22 05:51:57

anoncontainer wrote

 The issue is when the guest network is isolated. When you enable isolation on the guest network the devices connected to the guest network can not talk to each other. Your only option is to use a DNS that is reachable from WAN.

  @anoncontainer 

 

You are correct. Just tested it: can't even ping between two devices on Guest network when isolation is enabled, can ping when it is disabled.

That means, workaround I mentioned won't work.

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Re:Seperate DNS for guest network
2023-02-23 21:44:29

Hi, I requested this a couple of years ago... https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/259432 

 

 

@anoncontainer 

 

 

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RE:Seperate DNS for guest network
2023-06-10 15:26:50
Please add this needed feature... AX-5400 user
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RE:Seperate DNS for guest network
2023-07-25 17:48:50
Needed for pihole on primary, but different dns on guest network.
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RE:Seperate DNS for guest network
2023-10-31 23:10:47
This has been requested for years now. We definitely need it.
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RE:Seperate DNS for guest network
2023-11-13 03:25:30

Yes, I want this also. 

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