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Can I add a manual hostname / DNS entry to my Asus ax82u Router?

I have a very small business and work from home, I have an Asus AX82U router which I find to be a good one. I have an Amazon EC2 server which I use to host SSRS, this has a fixed IP address (let's say 18.1.2.3).

To access the server from my local PCs I have an added an entry into the Windows Hosts file which maps the DNS name (sql19) to the IP address. The client PCs can then just go to http://sql19/reports and it works great.

However, this doesn't work on my iPad (or the other numerous non-pc devices we have). I can enter the IP address directly onto the IP address but this means that links in email subscriptions don't work as they are looking for sql19.

So, I wondered if there was a way on my router of adding this hostname manually? Or any other solution to the iPad problem?

Any ideas gratefully received :)

Thanks.

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Kimputer

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Paul Donson

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@Kimputer - great idea, this might well be the solution. I'll just wait a bit and see if I get any other suggestions.

Thanks!

Paul Donson

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Just another thought that came to me, I have my own domain (say example.co.uk) - can I add a subdomain to it so it would be sql19.example.co.uk and assign it to the IP address of my EC2 server - would this make my server any less secure? I do have the security set so only approved IP addresses are allowed to access it (so my home is the only permitted location).

Thanks

Kimputer

Adding DNS entries, either local or public DNS servers, doesn't make anything less secure. Having your firewall configured should be sufficient.