[Dnsmasq-discuss] How to let dnsmasq using multiple upstream dns servers with non-standard ports.

[Simon Kelley]

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On 30/09/15 02:02, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> 2015-09-30 5:04 GMT+08:00 Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk>:
>> On 27/09/15 04:44, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
>>> 2015-09-27 4:53 GMT+08:00 Simon Kelley
>>> <simon at thekelleys.org.uk>:
>>>> You can't put non-standard ports in a resolv-file, the format
>>>> of those files does not include ports.
>>>> 
>>>> It is possible to put a non-standard port in dnsmasq
>>>> configuration files using
>>>> 
>>>> server=server1#port1
>>>> 
>>>> So simply make your file look like
>>>> 
>>>> server=server1#port1 server=server2#port2 
>>>> server=server3#port3 server=server4#port4
>>>> 
>>>> call it /path/to/servers.dnsmasq
>>>> 
>>>> and tell dnsmasq to read it as a dnsmasq configuration file.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> sudo dnsmasq -d -p 5353 -C /path/to/servers.dnsmasq
>>>> --all-servers
>>> 
>>> According to the help of dnsmasq, it seems that the more
>>> appriate method should be using the following option to invoke
>>> the above configuration file:
>>> 
>>> --servers-file=<path>               Specify path to file with 
>>> server= options
>>> 
>>> sudo dnsmasq -d -p 5353 --servers-file=/path/to/servers.dnsmasq
>>> --all-servers
>> 
>> Yes, that's a good way to do it.
>> 
>>> 
>>> In addition, I want to know another thing: how to control the
>>> shortest time with which I wait for the responding from these
>>> upstream dns servers.  I mean: when using `--all-servers'
>>> option, the dnsmasq will query all of these dns servers
>>> parallely and I want to use the most firstly query returned to
>>> me and then throttle the remail query for the spefific domain
>>> name.  Is this possiable?
>> 
>> The first answer returned will be the one used. I don't
>> understand the second part of your question, sorry. Could you
>> explain another way what you want to do?
> 
> Sorry for my poor english.
> 
> Let me describe it as follows:
> 
> Just as you have told me: the first answer returned will be the one
> used.
> 
> But, after the  the first answer returned, there still will be
> other query restults returned subsequently due to the parallelly
> query done by `all-servers' option.  So, how the dnsmasq deal with
> the remain ones?  Does it simply discard the remainly returned
> results?

Yes. That's exactly what it does.


Cheers,

Simon.

> 
> Regards
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Simon.
>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> That should do the trick.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> 
>>>> Simon.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 24/09/15 02:56, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
>>>>> Hi Simon,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have server upstream dns servers with non-standard ports
>>>>> opening for querying, i.e., as follows:
>>>>> 
>>>>> server1:port1 server2:port2 server3:port3 server4:port4
>>>>> 
>>>>> I want to use the `--resolv-file=<path>' option to invoking
>>>>> the file which stored the infomation for these servers.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Say, I named this file as resolv-file.dnsmasq, and its
>>>>> content has the following forms:
>>>>> 
>>>>> server server1#port1 server server2#port2 server
>>>>> server3#port3 server server4#port4
>>>>> 
>>>>> Then I use the following command to run the dnsmasq:
>>>>> 
>>>>> sudo dnsmasq -d -p 5353 -r /path/to/resolv-file.dnsmasq
>>>>> --all-servers
>>>>> 
>>>>> But, at this step, I get the following errors:
>>>>> 
>>>>> dnsmasq: no servers found in /path/to/resolv-file.dnsmasq,
>>>>> will retry
>>>>> 
>>>>> So, how to let dnsmasq using multiple upstream dns servers
>>>>> with non-standard ports?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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