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

[Chris Green]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 09:22:29PM +0100, Simon Kelley wrote:
> On 15/07/14 09:22, Chris Green wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> Yes, that should work.
> 
OK, thank you.

> > 
> > 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?
> > 
> 
> That's really a NetworkManager question. There are lots of ways to
> control dnsmasq's idea of the upstream servers, so it depends on how NN
> is driving it.
> 
> I think the NM GUI allows you to manually specify DNS servers.
> 
Yes, of course it does!  I'm so entrenched in the command line that
I'd forgotten the obvious way to do it!  :-)

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Chris Green