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Peter45
Peter45
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March 14, 2019
Question

Unable to resolve ip to hostname

  • March 14, 2019
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Hi,

 

I just started to use a fortigate router.

 i've got it working but have a configuration problem.

I'm able to ping a hostname but i'm unable to get an ip to hostname name resolving (ping -a)

The clients receive their ip from the dhcp of the fortigate.

Can somebody explain to me how I need to setup this in the webinterface.

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    lobstercreed
    lobstercreed
    New Member
    April 7, 2019

    Where do your clients register their DNS?  ping -a relies on reverse DNS (PTR records), so regardless of who does DHCP, it sounds like you have a DNS issue, so probably not a FortiGate thing at all.

    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    April 7, 2019

    If you created a zone on your FGT, and you need reverse lookup, you need to additionally create a PTR zone. PTR records are not created automatically like with e.g. a Windows DNS. It's quite cumbersome to do so, though.

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