Can't connect from LAN to domain pointing to WAN

[lleachii]

@variasdesign

I've tried disabled NAT loopback or changing it to external IP

You actually need a "hairpin rule" - loopback actually does what you desire; but the OpenWrt check box works only for the SRC itself (i.e. the server - e.g. if you ran II$ on Window$, you could browse from the same machine). Here is a sample rule to redirect for your entire LAN.

@lleachii

config redirect                                          
        option target 'DNAT'                                         
        option src 'wan'                                           
        option proto 'tcp'                
        option src_dport '80'                                        
        option dest_port '80'                                      
        option src_ip '192.168.1.0/24'    
        option dest 'lan'                                            
        option dest_ip '192.168.xxx.yyy'                              
        option name 'REDIRECT_HTTP_LAN'

You could make a DNS setting on the OpenWrt; but that requires all clients to exclusively use the OpenWrt for DNS.