[Dnsmasq-discuss] Client DHCP Configuration Question

[Geert Stappers]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 10:17:48AM +0100, bad.cow5843 at fastmail.com wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2025, at 3:34 PM, Simon Kelley wrote:
> > 
> > The source of the problem is the wifi router. Can you change its 
> > configuration so that it doesn't advertise a DNS server which doesn't work?
> > 
> 
> Thank you. I think the problem is that Debian's network setup
> hasn't been tested when there are more than one network interfaces
> auto-configured by DHCP. The WiFi router and my dnsmasq gateway are
> supposed to be independent systems, but Debian's default network
> manager setup seems to take the DHCP DNS configuration from the WiFi
> and ignore what it gets from the other interface (served by dnsmasq).
> I think I'll try posting it as a bug on Debian.

I think I should volunteer to preview / review that bug report.


@bad.cow5843: I volunteer to preview that bug report, I leave it
up to you if you contact me private or through the mailinglist.
(I prefer the mailinglist)


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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