Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] priority of upstream servers

But that's a really nasty hack. Dnsmasq is sending the query to the internal DNS via UDP, which is unreliable, so when a UDP packet is lost, you'll get a random wrong answer to a DNS query that should have been answered by the internal DNS server. Cheers, Simon. On 21/02/18 13:40, Karol

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] priority of upstream servers

On 2018-02-21 12:47, Simon Kelley wrote: > In general "don't use --strict-order" is good advice. In hindsight I > would never have provided that option. > > > Simon. > Hi Simon, This option has many use cases when you want to mainly use one DNS server and only allow fallback in case of

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] priority of upstream servers

Ah, that's correct! I missed this in the manual. Thanks a lot. ​-- Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ​ Original Message On February 21, 2018 1:19 PM, Simon Kelley wrote: >I'll take a guess that you have --strict-order in your config. > > If so,

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] priority of upstream servers

In general "don't use --strict-order" is good advice. In hindsight I would never have provided that option. Simon. On 21/02/18 12:43, meht...@protonmail.com wrote: > Ah, that's correct! I missed this in the manual. > Thanks a lot. > > ​-- > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > ​ > >

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] priority of upstream servers

I'll take a guess that you have --strict-order in your config. If so, remove it and all will be well. Cheers, Simon. On 21/02/18 08:19, meht...@protonmail.com wrote: > Hello, > is it possible for dnsmasq to prioritize upstream DNS servers based on > their availability? > I have 2 servers in