Custom Local DNS with Ubuntu Clients

[Aero Maxx]

There is no option for DNS settings in the router GUI this is unfortunately
locked down.

I could obviously buy a new router, but there must be a better way?

On 11 March 2018 at 17:02, Aero Maxx <aero.maxx.d at gmail.com> wrote:

> The router is announcing itself to the network as the DNS server so Ubuntu
> picks up 192.168.1.1 in the /etc/resolv.conf file.
>
> On 11 March 2018 at 16:01, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 11 March 2018 at 15:53, Aero Maxx <aero.maxx.d at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Everyone,
>> >
>> > I have a single linux desktop client running Ubuntu, and have 2 physical
>> > servers that are on my network that providing DNS resolution.
>> >
>> > I want the linux desktop to use the local servers for DNS resolution
>> only,
>> > but Ubuntu somehow keeps finding the DNS server that is in the
>> router/modem
>> > that my ISP has provided me with.
>>
>> Can't you change it in the router?
>>
>> Colin
>>
>> >
>> > Is there a way I can stop the IP address of my router from being added
>> to
>> > the /etc/resolv.conf file?
>> >
>> > I tried removing the resolvconf package, but this broke things as for
>> some
>> > reason I wasn't able to then create my own resolv.conf file.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help you are able to give me.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > ubuntu-users mailing list
>> > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>> >
>>
>> --
>> ubuntu-users mailing list
>> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm
>> an/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/attachments/20180311/cf8546e9/attachment.html>