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    PfSense as a Recursive DNS Server

    DHCP and DNS
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      msamblanet last edited by

      My ISP's DNS is sometimes flakey, so I prefer to run my own recursive DNS server rather than rely on theirs.

      I didn't see anything on this in the current configuration in pfSense…did I miss something or is it currently not a feature?  (I know if it is not there it won't be in 1.0  ;) )

      I know I can host it on my own servers but having all of one's core internet infrastructure on the pfSense box is nice...

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        sullrich last edited by

        You're looking for the DNS Forwarder option which looks up IP's in behalf.

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          msamblanet last edited by

          I didn't quite follow that…are you saying the option is there or that I want an option that does not exist?

          Note I want the DNS on my firewall to do the lookup from the authortative servers itself rather than using the ISPs servers.

          I am currently using the forwarder but it goes to my ISP's DNS, which was not my goal :)

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            sullrich last edited by

            Then it sounds like what your looking for is not available.  It looks up against whatever servers you tell it to.

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              Leoandru last edited by

              @sullrich:

              You're looking for the DNS Forwarder option which looks up IP's in behalf.

              Im not sure if this should be asked here but I didnt want to start a new thread.

              Does the dns fowarder caches lookups?

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                sullrich last edited by

                I believe it does.

                We use: http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html

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