DNS issue, PPPOE and manual dns

[ml70]

Connecting to isp with pppoe, all is well if WAN>Internet Connection>"Connect to DNS Server automatically" is ticked to Yes.

However with No and 2 manually specified DNS servers, dns resolution works for all my LAN, but the router itself doesn't have name resolution, it tries to use 127.0.0.1 as specified in /tmp/etc/resolv.conf (linked to /rom/etc/resolv.conf ) whereas router lan seems to use /tmp/resolv.conf .

In theory fixing that should be easy, rm /tmp/etc/resolv.conf and create a new symbolic link ln -s /tmp/resolv.conf /tmp/etc/resolv.conf , but as result of this the router reboots!

Is there a way to fix this without returning to using automatic dns?

 

[RMerlin]

Either change the dnsmasq configuration through a Postconf script, or try toggling the "Forward local domain queries to upstream DNS" option under LAN -> DHCP.

 

[ColinTaylor]

There is nothing to fix. Those files are correct for dnsmasq operation.

It uses 127.0.0.1 in the first instance so that the router can resolve local hostnames on the LAN. The /etc/dnsmasq.conf file contains "resolv-file=/tmp/resolv.conf" to forward other requests to your chosen external DNS servers.

Leave LAN > "DNS Server" blank and set "Forward local domain queries to upstream DNS" to NO.

 

[ml70]

Running happily now with dnsmasq.conf postconfig script and #no-poll commented out, and a custom /tmp/resolv.conf with more than 2 name servers.