The intention of this thread is to understand whether local DNS resolution is on the roadmap, and if not, to define a suggestion for such a feature and gather inputs from other users in hope to get it implemented.

User story:

As a user, I would like my router's DNS server to resolve the hostnames of local clients so that I can connect to them by name instead of IP.

Rationale:

It is hard to remember IP addresses, and we already have the possibility of remembering clients and assigning them names in Omada Controller. Having to run a separate DNS server and duplicate the name/IPs would be cumbersome and error prone. Integrating resolution of names as configured in Omada Controller in the router's DNS server would be a much smoother option.

Details:

Names of clients should be added to the DNS server in priority order:

1. If any client is given a name in Omada Controller, that name should be used as hostname (after potential removal/replacement of incompatible characters)

2. (Optional) The hostname a client reports during DHCP request

Reference:

As far as I know, this is a common feature in commercial routers. Ubiquiti also supports this, google "ubiquity dnsmasq" (link was not allowed).

TP-link, please reply whether this is on the roadmap or if you can consider implementing it.