Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Failover from preferred to less-preferred DNS servers with dnsmasq

2011-08-10 Thread Philip Bock
>Understood, but also note that if you haven't tried OpenVPN then do give >it a go! I've used it a bit. My experiences have been mostly good. I just don't think it's necessary in this case. >Using a VPN solves a bunch of problems that you haven't yet worried >about such as eavesdropping, forced r

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Failover from preferred to less-preferred DNS servers with dnsmasq

2011-08-10 Thread Ed W
Hi > I'm not sure how this achieves the objective - the AD DNS servers will > now be available when the leased line is not, so my clients will > continue to try to use the private IPs for my services when I want them > to use the Internet-facing ones. Sorry, my misunderstanding - I didn't realise

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Failover from preferred to less-preferred DNS servers with dnsmasq

2011-08-10 Thread Philip Bock
Thanks for your response! On 8/8/2011, "Ed W" wrote: >1) Give the head office DNS servers some effectively internet visible IP >address and then set that address as your dns server I'm not sure how this achieves the objective - the AD DNS servers will now be available when the leased line is no