On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 08:58:55PM +0100, Adam Bower wrote:
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 05:37:44PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
Well lets see:-
Daytek Vigor 2820n - no DNS TP-Link TL-WR743ND - no DNS TP-Link TL-WA7210N - no DNS TP-Link TL-WA5210N - no DNS Solwise 434T 3G router - no DNS (not absolutely sure on this one) Tenda W311R+ - no DNSOK, maybe I should have been more clear, I am surprised that you are finding routers that do not do local DNS if you need this feature.
The Draytek Vigor provides load balancing and is one of the very few ADSL routers that provides this at a semi-reasonable price.
The TP-Link TL-WA7210N and TL-WA5210N are both 'High Power Wireless Access Points" and again there are few if any reasonably priced alternatives. The Solwise 3G router doesn't get used much now (hence why I'm not sure about its DNS abilities).
I could buy a cheap alternative for the Tenda router.
I think most of the ways of identifying local devices have been pretty well aired now! Thanks everyone for all your input, it has provided me with various ideas and possible strategies.