EdgeRouter with NextDNS Client and Local Static DNS Entries

Hi Again,

Still haven't figured this out, but I'm thinking I might need to use the DNSMasq Integration in the end.

https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns/wiki/DNSMasq-Integration

However, it's unclear how to do so on this router. I can set the listen port in the config, but then it states:

# nextdns config set -listen localhost:5555
WARNING: listen is ignored when setup-router is enabled

I'm not sure what other items might get lost if I set:

# nextdns config set -setup-router false

Additionally, I see that nextdns installs an additional file in /etc/dnsmasq.d/nextdns.conf that basically turns off dnsmasq.

# cat /etc/dnsmasq.d/nextdns.conf
# Configuration generated by NextDNS
# DNS is handled by NextDNS
port=0

If I remove this file, (or does the changed config do this?), how do I properly restart dnsmasq on edgeos. Also, how do I set the addtional options that are supposed to be set?
 

--server '127.0.0.1#5555' --add-mac --add-subnet=32,128

I think they end up something like this in the /etc/dnsmasq.conf file:

server=127.0.0.1:5555
no-resolv
add-mac
add-subnet=32,128

However, I'm unsure if I can edit that file directly, or should I use some native edgeos (vyatta) commands to set those options?

Can anyone clarify these items?

TIA

Hi Again,

So after taking a look at the go code for edgeos, I noticed that dnsmasq is only disabled if you enable caching during the nextdns config setup post install. So I reran the config wizard (nextdns config wizard), and selected no. Now it is working! :)

# nextdns config wizard

...

Enable caching? [Y|n]: n

Thanks for reading! Hope this helps someone else!

Hi Again,

Looks like I spoke too soon. This doesn't fully work. Now my NextDNS keeps flipping between, "All Good!" and "This device is not using NextDNS." I think it has something to do with the DNS servers I already had setup on my Router.

server=208.67.222.222   # system
server=208.67.220.220   # system
server=127.0.0.1        # system
server=::1      # system

However, when I remove the OpenDNS servers, then DNS resolution on my network stops working. Not sure if I should remove the localhost references as well or not...

Contents of /etc/dnsmasq.d/nextdns.conf

# Configuration generated by NextDNS
no-resolv
server=127.0.0.1#5342
add-mac
add-subnet=32,128

Output of netstat

# netstat -pantu | grep nextdns
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:5342          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:5342          0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           18968/nextdns
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                18968/nextdns
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                18968/nextdns
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                18968/nextdns
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                18968/nextdns
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                18968/nextdns
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                18968/nextdns
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                18968/nextdns
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                18968/nextdns
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                18968/nextdns
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                18968/nextdns
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                18968/nextdns
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                18968/nextdns
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                18968/nextdns

And /etc/resolv.conf (which appears to be ignored by no-resolv)

# cat /etc/resolv.conf
#line generated by /opt/vyatta/sbin/vyatta_update_resolv.pl
domain          daguio.lan
nameserver      127.0.0.1
nameserver      ::1
nameserver      208.67.222.222
nameserver      208.67.220.220

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA!
 

Hi Again,

An update...I think I just needed to disable using system DNS for forwarding in edgeos

delete service dns forwarding system && commit && save && exit

I think it's working now...at least so far. Hopefully I'm not talking too soon again... :P

Just an update to say the above is working. (Solution Part 1, Solution Part 2)

To summarize:
 

# nextdns config wizard
...
Enable caching? [Y|n]: n

delete service dns forwarding system && commit && save && exit

If there are any moderators around, could you please mark this as [SOLVED] or whatever the practice is?

TIA