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  1. M

    DHCP leases and connected clients

    Sometimes I check how many leases DHCP has issued using this command. cat /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases | wc -l That doesn't really tell me if those clients are connected or not. So, to check how many connected clients I have, I try this: arp -a | awk '$4!="<incomplete>"' | wc -l The thing is...
  2. G

    conflict with dnsmasq and manually assigned IPs using the DHCP server?

    I started out with a several questions. In writing this post, I answered a couple of them myself. The remaining question is; Am I creating an IP conflict by having the same IP in both configurations: dnsmasq.conf.add and DHCP servers tab? I have about a dozen manually assigned IPs using the...
  3. adri

    YazFi YazFi - Devices getting wrong IP address

    Hi, first time poster here. First, thank you to the creators of Merlin and YazFi - they work great for my needs. I have an RT-AX86U running Merlin 386.5_2 with YazFi 4.4.2, and I have 3 guest network SSIDs set up with YazFi, using 5 subnets (YazFi.conf attached). First there's spider_guest - for...
    • adri
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    • dhcp dhcp client dnsmasq dnsmasq dhcp dnsmasq.postconf guest network rt-ax86u subnets yazfi
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Asuswrt-Merlin AddOns
  4. R

    DNSMasq file size?

    Hi all, I've been searching around trying to find an answer and haven't yet-- hoping someone can help. I've setup x3mRouting's autoscan feature which had me add the following to /jffs/configs/dnsmasq.conf.add: log-async log-queries log-facility=/opt/var/log/dnsmasq.log x3mRouting then...
  5. S

    Help to set up dnsmasq step by step

    Hi guys & gals, love the continued work on the project it’s awesome to see to such a good community around geeky stuff. Anyway could someone please advise step by step how to set up dnsmasq for Merlin now from what I’ve read online is setting the LAN DNS and WINS server to router IP will have...
  6. macster2075

    Pihole DNS

    Hi, I have set an Ubuntu machine to run pihole and it's been working great. But, I see that if I set the pihole IP address under LAN DHCP section, it bypasses the some rules I have in order to force SafeSearch on Google and Bing. The way I have pihole IP address now is under the DNSFilter...
  7. Nazar78

    Dnsmasq local hostnames with IPv6

    Hi all, I have the RT-AX86U 386.3_2, recently configured with IPv6 Tunnel 6rd, DHCP and RA enabled but I have issues resolving IPv6 in clients hostnames. Strange is querying the router's hostname does return IPv6 but not the rest of the clients hostnames: Below is my default dnsmasq.conf...
  8. justinvoelker

    Custom dnsmasq breaks guest network

    I am trying to move from Tomato to Asuswrt-Merlin but am encountering an issue implementing custom dnsmasq. While configuring the fresh install of of Merlin, I configured a guest network that I was able to successfully connect to from my laptop. However, upon adding a dnsmasq.conf.add file, the...
  9. M

    ntpMerlin Many DNS querys for NTP

    I was monitoring Dnsmasq log through Diversion's option and saw that my router's NTP is making a lot DNS querys. I'm using NTPMerlin with Chrony as NTP server and every 15s approximately it makes a new query. Here is an example of the many requests made. Enter term to filter by [q=Quit]...
  10. F

    DNS issues - overloading server

    Last Saturday I upgraded from 386.1_0 to 386.2_0, by Monday night I was having issues with devices saying no internet or no response from DNS. I did have internet, a router reboot restored internet. Tuesday morning, no internet/dns again, I updated to 386.2_2, issue returned that evening. I...
  11. B

    Resolving local hostnames from OpenVPN clients

    (moved here from "Asus Routers & Adapters" forum) I have an ASUS RT-AC86U router, running Merlin 386.1_2. I have enabled the VPN on my router, and I have successfully connected over the WAN from several OpenVPN clients (Android phone, Windows laptop). My clients are able to connect to my LAN...
  12. J

    Solved RT-AX58U DHCP problem - WAN gets new IP in every boot (3.0.0.4.386_41700)

    Hi ! Great firmware as guest networks are finally in their own subnets, and mesh for guest network works too :) Anyway, like title says my RT-AX58U router gets new WAN IP in every reboot from my ISP. It's quite annoying as before moving to this AX58U my IP stayed same for more than a year. I...
  13. M

    Diversion Lots of DNS queries with Diversion

    I've updated my RT-AC86U to the latest firmware 386 with a full reset and installed Diversion. Actually, only now I'm experimenting Diversion. So, I tryed to "follow dnsmasq.log" with the "Unfiltered log" option and saw a huge amount of constant DNS querys for A and AAAA values for a specifc...
  14. GHammer

    Merlin, dnsmasq, Pi-hole Accurate Device Names How-To?

    I have an RT-AX86U running 386.1 beta 2 and while it is working well, I find that many ads are being served to devices, especially mobile phones. I have tried various suggestions for solving this and the DNSFilter option to force all DNS traffic to my Pi-hole works the best. Unfortunately, it...
  15. Yuuko

    AC66U B1 dnsmasq issue

    Hey Guys, I set up my home network using an AC66U B1 router (running 384.17 firmware) and a raspberry pi. Here is my arrangements: - The AC66U B1 router (192.168.50.1) connets to the ISP modem and serves as DHCP server of my network. - The pi (192.168.50.2) is configured as default gateway...
  16. J

    Intermittent DNS failure? Dnsmasq hanging? 384.19 on RT-AX88U

    Hi all, I've had my AX88U setup running well for several months (Diversion, SkyNet, YazFi, etc.). The issue below seemed to start occurring when I recently upgraded to 384.19. I've tried various logs/troubleshooting and can't figure out the root cause. Basically the router appears to...
  17. C

    dnsmasq --all-servers

    I want my router (ac68u 384_19) to query all dns and use the first one. DNSmasq allows this behaviour however I cannot find a way to do this. I tried fiddling with the dnsmasq.conf file but no luck. I use DoH proxy (https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/dns/doh_dnsmasq_https-dns-proxy) on...
  18. NogNeetMachinaal

    Struggling with dnsmasq

    I'm struggling with dnsmasq and a custom config. What I'm trying to accomplish: Porting a working dnsmasq install/config from Ubuntu to Merlin. On Ubuntu there are 3 config files: dnsmasq.conf, static-hosts.conf and static-dhcp-hosts.conf (attached in zip). The file static-hosts contains a...
  19. BreakingDad

    [RT-N66U] PiHole DNS / DNSMasq Question

    Hello, So I'm not actually new to the forum, I used to run under the name BreakingDad back in 2016 but I cannot retreive the password as I think it's set to a defunct email. That's another Issue though. Hello to those that remember me. What I'm trying to do is this. I have a Roku stick (UK)...
  20. M

    r7800 - repeating syslog message dnsmasq[19634]: NOT DNS Hijack mode!!!

    Since today I have many of these messages in the syslog. Mar 29 18:50:00 192.168.179.3 dnsmasq[19634]: NOT DNS Hijack mode!!! Mar 29 18:50:01 192.168.179.3 dnsmasq[19634]: NOT DNS Hijack mode!!! Mar 29 18:50:03 192.168.179.3 dnsmasq[19634]: NOT DNS Hijack mode!!! Mar 29 18:50:04 192.168.179.3...
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