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      Marco 2
      last edited by

      Hello,

      I'm currently in the process of migrating from dd-wrt to pfSense and I'm missing an essential feature. In dd-wrt is an option called: "Ignore WAN DNS". Is there anything alike in pfSense?

      The background is that I need the company VPN DNS. So I want to ignore WAN DHCP DNS but allow override for VPN PUSH DNS.

      Thanks!

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        viragomann @Marco 2
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        @marco-2
        In System > General Setup there is on option "DNS Server Override", which you should have unchecked.

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          Marco 2 @viragomann
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          @viragomann
          Thanks for the reply but then my pushed DNS over VPN won't be used.
          Or can I register the DNS from the VPN in a different way to unbound?

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            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Marco 2
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            @marco-2 if you wnat unbound to use forwarding mode - you would have to set that up and put in whatever dns you want it to use.

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              Marco 2 @johnpoz
              last edited by Marco 2

              @johnpoz but the DNS is not static. It will be pushed over VPN. That's why I need to overwrite function. It's a bit of a dilemma.
              With dd-wrt it wasn't a big deal. They offer the possibility to Ignore WAN DNS. I cannot imagine, that there's no way in/for pfSense to do this.

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