[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq not responding to DNS queries for local addresses when WAN down

[Vladislav Grishenko]

When wan is down, dns queries to router gets intercepted with help of iptables.
So, dnsmasq receives (and replies) nothing.

Best Regards, Vladislav Grishenko

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Smith [mailto:justin at smithpolglase.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 4:02 PM
> To: Vladislav Grishenko <themiron at mail.ru>
> Cc: dnsmasq-discuss at lists.thekelleys.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq not responding to DNS queries for
> local addresses when WAN down
> 
> 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.