Asus RT-ARCH17 local dns issue

[Michael Kercsmar]

I finally replaced my Fios router with something in the modern age. Sadly I picked a model with no Merlin support. Anyway, I was able to configure everything and I started testing. The only showstopper issue I found was with the dnsmasq DNS server. It works great as a passthrough server but it does not server any local names. If I do a nslookup on the router, local network names are returned correctly. But from any computers on my local network, dns lookups (for local names) always return 10.0.0.1. I checked the /etc/dnsmasq.conf file and nothing there is blocking serving up DNS. I am doing all testing with a basically brand new router running ASUSWRT 3.0.0.4.382.51569.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Does the router have a working internet connection?

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/weird-dns-issue-always-resolved-to-10-0-0-1.39962/#post-333785

Check the setting of "Enable WAN down browser redirect notice".