[Dnsmasq-discuss] Will dnsmasq try the secondary DNS if it gets SERVFAIL from the first?

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Tue Jul 15 09:22:55 BST 2014


I am currently using my hosting provider's DNS servers for primary and
secondary DNS.  They seem to have a problem with one particular TLD
I'm currently trying to use (tp-link.com), dnsmasq returns SERVFAIL
when I look up that domain.

Other DNS servers resolve tp-link.com OK so if I use, for example, the
Google public DNS server at 8.8.8.8 as my secondary DNS will I then be
able to resolve tp-link.com?

Having asked that how do I get dnsmasq to change nameservers?  This is
dnsmasq version 2.68 running on xubuntu 14.04, not just as a Network
Manager slave process though.

My current nameservers are specified in
    /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Wired connection 1

If I change that what do I need to restart to get dnsmasq to pick up
the change?

-- 
Chris Green



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