The Probably one of the most difficult part parts of transitioning to using your Amahi HDAwith the recommended setup is to get all systems to use your HDA for DNS.  A typical symptom is thateither accessing the dashboard as

is or apps that have a web interface (or both) are not reachable and leads to some a site outside your network, on the internet (like amahi.net) For best results, we recommend that you fully transition your network to using your Amahi server at least for DNS. <b>NOTE:</b> .{{MessageBox|backgroundcolor = #FBB|image =Warning.png|heading =WARNING|message = Turning off the DHCP in your router is the last step you take after installing Amahi. It should <b>ONLY</b> be done if your HDA is FULLY WORKING, otherwise you may be locked out without Internet in your own network.}} The easiest and simplest way to do this is to do these things in the following order: :1. [[Turning_off_DHCP_in_your_router|turn off any other DHCP server]] in your network (typically in your router/gateway) and let Amahi handle DHCP so that DNS falls into place automatically. :2. [[RenewIP|renew Client IP Address]] or reboot '''all''' your client devices.You can do this by turning off the network and turn it back on after a few seconds on your clients (or unplugging it or turning off WiFi for a few seconds, then), so they get a DHCP lease from your HDA, which includes DNS. :3. sometimes the clients machine also cache DNS in browsers. To avoid this, you can hard-refresh the browser, or simply reboot the machine. If you have any fixed IP devices in your network from your router settings, these may not pick up a DHCP lease. You may set them up in your HDA under [http://hda/tab/network/hosts Setup > Networking > Fixed IPs]. == An Alternative == Alternatively, if you cannot or do not want to turn off your router DHCP, you can still use the DNS server in your HDA. Here are the [http://www.amahi.org/faq/is-dhcp-server-required tradeoffs of not using the fully recommended configuration]

For best resultsTo do this, we recommend that you fully transition since the the DNS settings for the DHCP server in your network router and fill them (both primary server and secondary) to using be the IP of your Amahi server, including for DNSHDA.

The simplest way You should set them both to do this the IP of the HDA, so that the HDA is your DNS server for all your devices. You will need to do still [[RenewIP|renew Client IP Address]] or reboot '''all''' your client devices to pick these things in the following ordernew settings up.

# turn off all other This way, your clients will still use your router for DHCP servers in , but DNS from your networkAmahi HDA, typically in your router/gateway# restart hence accessing the networking (or apps via the whole device) in your client deviceshort URLs will work. Turn off WiFi and turn it on if it has WiFi, or simply reboot

If you have any fixed IP devices in your network from your router settingsfurther networking trouble, you can also set them in your HDA under Setup > Networkingconsult the [[Network Troubleshooting]] page.