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Dnsmasq is a DNS query forwarder. It will not answer arbitrary queries by recursively interact with root DNS servers. It will forward such queries to a fully recursive upstream DNS server. | |||
The upstream servers can be inferred from /etc/resolv.conf, specified on command line with --server option or specified in the Dnsmasq configuration files with: | |||
server=192.168.122.12 | |||
=Configuration= | =Configuration= | ||
Revision as of 20:51, 13 October 2017
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Overview
Dnsmasq is a DNS query forwarder. It will not answer arbitrary queries by recursively interact with root DNS servers. It will forward such queries to a fully recursive upstream DNS server.
The upstream servers can be inferred from /etc/resolv.conf, specified on command line with --server option or specified in the Dnsmasq configuration files with:
server=192.168.122.12
Configuration
/etc/dnsmasq.conf
/etc/dnsmasq.d/