Dns – How to use a local DNS server with dd-wrt, and *not* use DNSMasq

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I have a DNS server running on a Windows Server machine that resolves some local domain names into local IP addresses.

I simply want to use the Windows DNS server. I do not want to use Dnsmasq. I don't want to maintain new domains through the router.

I did the following to attempt to achieve what I'm looking for:

  1. I set a static IP for the local DNS server's machine.

  2. I started the Windows DNS Server on that machine

  3. Set a Forward Lookup Zone of lan.[ourdomain].com

  4. Set two A records, one for wiki, one for pgadmin

  5. I set Google's public DNS to be the forwarders for the Windows DNS

  6. In dd-wrt, I set the DNS server's local ip to be the number one
    static DNS

  7. I also set "Local DNS" in the Network Setup pane to be the local ip
    of the DNS server

What else should I be setting? Like I said, I'm trying to just have the router point at my local DNS server to resolve names, and then I'll have the DNS server forward unresolvable requests. I don't want to use Dnsmasq because I don't want to be managing DNS records on my router. Is this possible?

Here's a screenshot of the settings:

Screenshot of my dd-wrt settings

Best Answer

Have the windows DNS server do the forwarding. Point everything, including the router, solely at the windows dns server for DNS.

Systems dont always use their dns servers in a specific order, so having both your internal and some public resolvers in there causes problems. Only your windows dns server should talk to outside dns servers.

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