PIC based DNS server

Will Reeve · Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 209 Location: Norfolk, England

Can the stack run a DNS server? I just need one manual entry to resolve say www.mypic.com into the IP address of the 'PIC'.
If I type the ip address into the browser it works fine, but it would be very nice to resolve a name to it.
There are no outside world connections to worry about, the network is restricted to one device at a time using the DHCP server.

gpsmikey · Joined: 16 Nov 2010 Posts: 588 Location: Kirkland, WA

What are you trying to connect to the pic with ? While DNS would be nice, you can use a fixed IP for the PIC and put it's "name" (mypic.com) in the host file on your machine and it will resolve that way. Would that solve the problem ? (on Linux machines, it should be in /etc/hosts and on Windows I think it is in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts - at least that is where it is in XP)

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dbotkin · Joined: 08 Sep 2003 Posts: 197 Location: Omaha NE USA

IF you were able to run a DNS server on the PIC, you'd still need to point your PC to that PIC as your DNS server. Far easier and cleaner to just use a hosts file entry on your PC, or fix your local DNS if you have control over it.