Disabling connection-specific DNS suffix [SOLVED]

Alween · Nov 7, 2009, 2:39 PM

How the heck do you disable the DNS suffix on pfSense 1.2.2 embedded? I just can't figure it out! >:(
The DHCP server automatically serves it to all clients, and it breaks DNS on my subnet.

This is how my /etc/resolv.conf looks like on a linux client that requests a lease from the router:

domain mydomain.com
search mydomain.com
nameserver 192.168.1.1

Those lines in bold shouldn't be there.
Removing them by hand fixes the DNS issue.
See previous thread.

focalguy · Nov 3, 2009, 10:59 PM

This just a guess but try removing the Domain setting in System: General Setup.

Alween · Nov 4, 2009, 9:01 PM

It does not work. the domain name is mandatory.

The following input errors were detected:
* The field 'Domain' is required.

dotdash · Nov 4, 2009, 11:21 PM

Why not use domain.local or somesuch?
Reflection is a cheap hack for the lazy, there are better ways of going about it.

Alween · Nov 5, 2009, 4:35 PM

@dotdash:

Why not use domain.local or somesuch?

Reflection is a cheap hack for the lazy, there are better ways of going about it.

Hey, that seems to have worked! Thanks.
Nat reflection is working properly. I am using it because ~~I'm lazy~~ the domain has a wildcard forward rule at my ISP's DNS server. Trying to access any subdomain from my LAN doesn't quite work.

dotdash · Nov 5, 2009, 5:30 PM

@Alween:

the domain has a wildcard forward rule at my ISP's DNS server.

Oh, that explains why you were getting the weird behavior described in the previous thread.

Alween · Nov 7, 2009, 2:39 PM

Funny thing is this has never happened on my linksys WRT54GL with dd-wrt that I was using prior installing pfSense/Alix.
Anyway, [SOLVED].