It's likely to be a problem with one or more of the upstream servers. I suggest setting the dnsmasq "log-queries" option and then examining what servers the slow query was sent to, and how long they took to reply, or of they didn't reply at all.
Cheers, Simon On 10/05/18 07:35, Lars Noodén wrote: > Hello, > > I am using dnsmasq on my router to serve up LAN host names and would > like all other queries to pass through to the ISP's DNS servers. I seem > to have some mild misconfiguration of dnsmasq.conf slowing down new > queries for external addresses. Within the TTL subsequent queries are > fast. > > What should I change to speed up responses for domains that are not > served locally? > > Below is what I have in dnsmasq.conf > > port=53 > address=/foo.bar.lan/192.168.1.12 > > user=_dnsmasq > group=_dnsmasq > listen-address=192.168.1.1 > no-dhcp-interface=vether1 > > I have also added the following, but see no increase in speed over the > above alone. > > domain-needed > local=/lan/ > no-poll > local-ttl=600 > no-resolv > > server=8.8.8.8 > > Thanks, > Lars > > _______________________________________________ > Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list > Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk > http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss > _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss