DNS for local IPs without Domain name

Yes and that' s typically done under the client domain search list. You could fo example seed a fictious domain and then apply that on the fgt dns server and set the clients search list; # # search home.local home2.local domain home.local nameserver 172.16.12.1 So if they client searches, he searches in home.local or home2.local in that order and if he doesn' t provide the full domain name. And to add, if your doing DHCP, than you can provide the client his domain and if the search domainlist is enabled, the client would automatically do what I described above.

If you use your FortiGate as DHCP you can set the domain via # config system dhcp server # edit 1 # set domain abcd.local If I remember correctly. :)

Else, if you have a domain/DNS / WINS server you can manually static add it.

Thanks for your help. I tried to implement it as follows:

  # show  config system dhcp server      edit 6          set auto-configuration disable          set default-gateway 192.168.xx.yy          set dns-service default          set domain " home.local"           set interface " VLAN_YY"               config ip-range                  edit 1                      set end-ip 192.168.xx.254                      set start-ip 192.168.xx.2                  next              end          set netmask 255.255.255.0      next  end    FGT40C3912020026 (6) # end    FGT40C3912020026 # execute ping fritzbox.home.local  PING fritzbox.klueber.name (192.168.xx.4): 56 data bytes  64 bytes from 192.168.xx.4: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=5.0 ms  64 bytes from 192.168.xx.4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.4 ms    --- fritzbox.klueber.name ping statistics ---  2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss  round-trip min/avg/max = 2.4/3.7/5.0 ms    FGT40C3912020026 # execute ping fritzbox  Unable to resolve hostname.  

Any idea?

Did you set the DNS domain name in the FGT config screen?

Thats it. Great. Thank you a lot.