DNS Forwarder Domain Override buggy?

[EmL]

Hi,

it seems to me that the domain override feature ist not working. If i configure a override for the domain e.g. xyz.local to DNS Server 192.168.1.1 (in other via IPSEC VPN connected network) nothing happens.

To override a single Host is no problem - that's working!

Any idea?

ps: i have RC3b

[hoba]

You need a fake route to send the traffic to the remote dns-server into the tunnel. Add a static route at system>static routes to <ip of="" remote="" dns-server="">/32 through gateway <local lan="" ip="" of="" your="" pfsense="">.</local></ip>

[EmL]

Great - that's the solution - it works fine now!

Here is another Question i dont realize why its not working: In my local LAN pfsense acts as a DHCP Server. In the DNS Forwarder i configured that leases should be registered in the forwarder. In that case the Forwarder should resolve the local Hostnames to IP Adresses … and this is exactly what it is not doing?!

Some Information what ipconfig is reporting about my network:

Hostname: zaphod
Primary DNS Suffix:
Connection Specific DNS Suffix: daheim.local

pfsense is listing my Hostaname at Status/DHCP leases as "Zaphod"

And here is what nslookup tells me:

-------------------------- SNIP ------------------------
C:>nslookup
Standardserver:  wall.daheim.local
Address:  192.168.100.254

wall.daheim.local                        (This is a test ... its pfsense itself)
Server:  wall.daheim.local
Address:  192.168.100.254

Name:    wall.daheim.local             
Address:  192.168.100.254

zaphod.daheim.local                    (Not working with zaphod)
Server:  wall.daheim.local
Address:  192.168.100.254

*** zaphod.daheim.local wurde von wall.daheim.local nicht gefunden: Non-existent
domain

Zaphod.daheim.local                    (Not working with Zaphod)
Server:  wall.daheim.local
Address:  192.168.100.254

*** Zaphod.daheim.local wurde von wall.daheim.local nicht gefunden: Non-existent
domain
-------------------------- SNIP ------------------------

Is there something wrong with my configuration or is there a reason why thats not working?
Thanks in advance ...

[hoba]

Check your clients systemsetting if your clients are in the correct domain. Does it work if you only try to resolve "zaphod" instead of "zaphod.daheim.local".

[EmL]

"ping zaphod" without "daheim.local" is working! If I "ping localhost" the reply is "zaphod" not "zaphod.daheim.local".

But does it realy matter? I think, if I (like i did) query a DNS server via NSLOOKUP and the resolver answers with "…Non-existent domain", it should not be a problem of the client machine?!

Is there a way to look into the table, where the DNS server holds its entrys? I found nothing in the status or diagnostic page or status.php.