Thanks Vladislav. That solved my problem! But I'm a little confused as to why... Isn't dnsmasq (running on the router) responsible for processing all DNS queries on the local network? Or is this a "modified" version of dnsmasq?
Thanks again. Justin. On 19 July 2015 at 22:59, Vladislav Grishenko <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Justin, > > There's nothing wrong with dnsmasq. > Instead, when your wan in down, all dns queries from lan gets faked by > answering fake 10.0.0.1 address which is used for showing the router's wan > state and reason. > You could turn it off with "Enable WAN down browser redirect notice" under > Administration / System web ui page. > > Best Regards, Vladislav Grishenko > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dnsmasq-discuss [mailto:dnsmasq-discuss- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Justin Smith >> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 2:20 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq not responding to DNS queries for local >> addresses when WAN down >> >> Hi, >> >> My home network uses an Asus RT-N66U running Merlin's firmware (ver >> 378.55). I have dnsmasq running on the router. My problem is that when the >> WAN interface goes down (as it does occasionally) dnsmasq no longer >> returns the correct IP address to DNS queries to local hosts. >> >> For example (fake domain name): >> >> WAN UP >> ======= >> justin@juka:~$ nslookup myhost1 >> Server: 127.0.1.1 >> Address: 127.0.1.1#53 >> >> Name: myhost1 >> Address: 192.168.30.3 >> >> WAN DOWN >> ========== >> justin@juka:~$ nslookup myhost1 >> Server: 127.0.1.1 >> Address: 127.0.1.1#53 >> >> Name: myhost1.mydomain.com >> Address: 10.0.0.1 >> >> >> My dnsmasq.conf looks something like this (personal data >> suppressed/changed): >> >> bind-dynamic >> interface=br0 >> no-negcache >> cache-size=1500 >> domain-needed >> bogus-priv >> no-resolv >> no-poll >> server=aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd # ISP DNS server IP address >> local=/mydomain.com/ >> domain=mydomain.com >> dhcp-range=192.168.30.200,192.168.30.250,24h >> dhcp-host=f4:6d:04:da:3e:c4,myhost1,192.168.30.3 >> dhcp-host=38:2c:4a:af:e4:53,myhost2,192.168.30.4 >> ... >> dhcp-authoritative >> >> >> My resolv.conf on the router looks like: >> # cat /tmp/etc/resolv.conf >> nameserver 127.0.0.1 >> >> >> Does anyone offer advice on how to correctly set up dnsmasq? >> >> >> Thanks, >> Justin. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss > _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
