It does that because you have same DNS IP listed more than once and is only look at as 1 valid DNS address.
You can put in others such as openDNS.
I also suggest, in Services, use 'Query DNS in Strict Order'
Which will also look to the first DNS listed and only others if first cannot resolve.
Another option is use fake DNS addresses -
Some IP in your own subnet, that doesn't go anyehere could work for this ----
but of course if you 'pi' is not working for some reason then you won't be able to go anywheres....
I would use all DNSmasq capabilities.....your 'pi' can still do DNS or wherever you have DNS pointed to.
It does that because you have same DNS IP listed more than once and is only look at as 1 valid DNS address.
You can put in others such as openDNS.
I also suggest, in Services, use 'Query DNS in Strict Order'
Which will also look to the first DNS listed and only others if first cannot resolve.
Another option is use fake DNS addresses -
Some IP in your own subnet, that doesn't go anyehere could work for this ----
but of course if you 'pi' is not working for some reason then you won't be able to go anywheres....
I would use all DNSmasq capabilities.....your 'pi' can still do DNS or wherever you have DNS pointed to.
Thanks, that sorted the 2 and 3 DNS
All guides say to disable DNSMasq for DNS for using the Pi for DNS, are you saying it would be better to leave it enabled?
I'm not totally clued up on DNSMasq, so getting a little lost trying to set this up
Also, I wonder if you know why, if I set my main PC with a static IP, and DNS, even if that DNS is the routers IP, or the Pi's IP, I can not ping the DNS server, which is "pi.hole"
But if I set it to DHCP, I can? _________________ TPLINK TL-WR2543ND (5GHz)
WRT160NL (2.4GHz)
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....wonder if you know why, if I set my main PC with a static IP, and DNS, even if that DNS is the routers IP, or the Pi's IP, I can not ping the DNS server, which is "pi.hole"
If your PC is set to DHCP it will get IP + DNS your router gives it.
If set on your PC and there is nothing to stop it then that's what it would use.
I would suggest assigning it a static IP from Services page on your dd-wrt router if you want it to never change.
If the 'pi' configuration says don't use DNSmasq on a router???¿¿¿ -- then I guess you better not.
On newer builds using DNSmasq 'Query in Strict Order' would probably even force your computer static IP & DNS to use
only the routers set DNS ... or you could certainly use a firewall on your router to intercept DNS and redirect it to whatever you wanted.
But I would not set a static IP on the PC -- better to set it up on your router
....wonder if you know why, if I set my main PC with a static IP, and DNS, even if that DNS is the routers IP, or the Pi's IP, I can not ping the DNS server, which is "pi.hole"
If your PC is set to DHCP it will get IP + DNS your router gives it.
If set on your PC and there is nothing to stop it then that's what it would use.
I would suggest assigning it a static IP from Services page on your dd-wrt router if you want it to never change.
If the 'pi' configuration says don't use DNSmasq on a router???¿¿¿ -- then I guess you better not.
On newer builds using DNSmasq 'Query in Strict Order' would probably even force your computer static IP & DNS to use
only the routers set DNS ... or you could certainly use a firewall on your router to intercept DNS and redirect it to whatever you wanted.
But I would not set a static IP on the PC -- better to set it up on your router
I don't see anywhere on the services page to set specific IPs for specific clients
When I say I'm setting a static IP and DNS on the PC, the IP makes no difference as long as it is on the same range, but the DNS I am setting is the routers IP address, and the router is set to use the Pi as DNS, so it should be using the Pi for DNS
But even if I set the Pi as DNS on the PC, it still won't work
It only seems to work if I enable DHCP, which gives my machine the wrong IP, I have stuff set up to work with a static IP on this machine, so DHCP isn't really an option
I don't see anywhere to set IPs for clients in DD-WRT, any ideas?
EDIT - My bad, I found it lol, I`ll try that
edit - Doesn't work, I add the MAC, IP, HOSTNAME etc, and press apply, and it just wipes out everything I have added and leaves it empty _________________ TPLINK TL-WR2543ND (5GHz)
WRT160NL (2.4GHz)
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