- Disabling DHCP server resulted in being locked out of Connectbox’s interface, as it didn’t asked DHCP server existing in network for new IP
If you disable the CB’s built-in DHCP server and no other DHCP server assigning addresses in the same subnet is active (yet), you must set up a static IP address on your PC if you would like to access the CB’s web interface.
- I don’t see an option of setting local DNS address announced by Connectbox’s DHCP. Is it possible?
As far as I know, custom DNS suffix for LAN devices is not an available option on the CB.
If your DHCP server offers the following configuration to devices it should work (this assumes the server is on 192.168.178.2):
IP Address Scope: 192.168.178.3-192.168.178.254 (you may use other values for the last octet, just make sure not to use .1, .2 and .255)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (CIDR /24)
Gateway: 192.168.178.1
DNS Server (Primary): 213.46.228.196 (Ziggo) or (your preferred server)
DNS Server (Secondary): 62.179.104.196 (Ziggo) or (your preferred server)
If you would like to use local DNS lookups, use these DNS servers:
DNS Server (Primary): 127.0.0.1 or 192.168.178.2
DNS Server (Secondary): 213.46.228.196 (Ziggo) or (your preferred server)