[Dnsmasq-discuss] What's the "right" way to specify upstream servers?

Matus UHLAR - fantomas uhlar at fantomas.sk
Sun Sep 5 18:30:11 UTC 2021


>>>>>On 03.09.21 17:13, Chris Green wrote:
>>>>>>I know there probably isn't a "right" way to do this but, while I've
>>>>>>been trying to sort out how to make my dns/dhcp more resilient, I have
>>>>>>looked at my existing dnsmasq running on a Pi and it looks a bit odd
>>>>>>to me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It's a pretty standard, off the shelf Raspberry Pi installation using
>>>>>>the Lite version as it's headless.  The dnsmasq.conf file has been
>>>>>>changed quite a lot over the years though and I wonder if it's still
>>>>>>optimal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The upstream servers *seem* to be specified in /etc/dhcpcd.conf as
>>>>>>follows:-
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    # Example static IP configuration:
>>>>>>    interface eth0
>>>>>>    static ip_address=192.168.1.2/24
>>>>>>    #static ip6_address=fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::ff/64
>>>>>>    static routers=192.168.1.1
>>>>>>    static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.2 1.1.1.1 212.159.13.49

>>>>On Sat, Sep 04, 2021 at 04:33:10PM +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote:
>>>>>this is dhcp client configuration, not dhcp server.
>>>>>
>>>>>iiuc it tells dhcp client not to use IP address, default route nor servers
>>>>>that DHCP server provided.

>>>On 04.09.21 17:52, Chris Green wrote:
>>>>This *is* the DHCP server for my LAN so these are the upstream DNS
>>>>servers it gives to its clients.

>>On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 01:51:22PM +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote:
>>>- why do you run a DHCP client on a DHCP server then?
>>>- Especially when you configured it statically and not to use DHCP settings?
>>>
>>>note that this is dnsmasq list, not dhcpcd.

>On 9/5/2021 16:41, Chris Green wrote:
>>Because that's what you get if you install dnsmasq and very little
>>else on an 'out of the box' Raspberry Pi.

On 05.09.21 17:12, Treysis wrote:
>And there's nothing wrong with it. Many home routers incl. OpenWrt run
>dhcpd to get upstream information, and use dnsmasq to distribute
>everything to every device behind the router.

those routers usually get their IP address, default route and DNS servers from
DHCP upstream servers.

In this case, all those parameters were hardly overwritten (apparently by
instalator), which is strange, but the OS _MAY_ contain scripts that use 
information from DHCP client to configure dnsmasq (e.g. dns server list)

I can only guess now.

since the dnsmasq.conf has been changed, it's hard to say if it's optimal.

I use dnsmasq on my router, which takes dns servers dynamically, which I
believe is safer than using static list.

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