Greetings ...
First, thanks to Simon and all the other helps of dnsmasq ... Okay, now that I have buttered up the developers ... |-) Logging, I'm sure Simon will remember me, because I'm always asking about logging, seeing that I can never get it to work in deamon mode ... We have had some changes in our ADSL network in SA, our monoply Telco has gone and changed things, without letting us know, which was a pain for a me and having to go and change all the forwarding DNS servers ... So, now my questions and ideas ... First, I understand that dnsmasq forwards queries to all the forwarding DNS servers and then uses the first returned ... Now, with Telkom taking down a DNS server or changing it ( 196.25.1.1 ) ... So, clients were not able to access alot of the net ... Now: 1. What errors might I have seen? 2. Is it possible to detect these errors and correct for them? 3. If one has many DNS forwarders, does this increase internet traffic much? 4. Would using OpenDNS (208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220) and strick-order be better with local DNS servers just a thrid and forward backup? Again, thanks for a great program that really saves me time, traffic and a lot of headaces ... Thanks Mailed Lee
