Cisco RV082 DNS

[coxhaus]

I just bought a Cisco RV082 of eBay for a good price. I hope it works. They said it does but who knows.
I am wondering about DNS on the RV082. Isn't it just a DNS forwarder not a server DNS? I want to block all out bound port 53 traffic because I had my DNS server 2003 hijacked. I know untangle has an option for DNS server but I thought I would ask about the router.
I am going back to a router edge device with untangle running in bridge mode behind the router. I am using Smoothwall with untangle behind it now for the last 3 weeks. I really like the untangle product but I don't want to spend the electricity to run 2 servers for firewalls. I hope I don’t notice too much lag switching back to a router.
I just found this site online. I like what you are trying to do and will visit often.

 

[JTitus]

It is just a forwarder.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

It can run DNS for your LAN, you can do some basic management of DNS records on it. (meaning create records matching name to IP)

Curious though....why not just run Untangle at your edge?
The RV0 series are good basic biz grade units....I have nearly a hundred of them out there...lot of bang for the buck. But over recent years, I've become a firm believer in UTM appliances (such as Untangle or Astaro) instead of plain NAT routers. Especially for businesses. Usually cost prohibitive for home users, but since you're running UT in the mix anyways....

I have a spare RV082 that I use for my switch in my home LAN...I change the last octet of the LAN IP to .2, dhcp disabled, ...and my UTM appliance is the .1. If my UTM appliance ever goes belly up...in about 1 minute I can reconfigure the RV0 to be my stand in router til I fix my UTM.

 

[coxhaus]

I figured out there is no way to block out bound DNS port 53 using a RV082 router.
The reason I want to use a router at my edge instead of using a PC firewall like untangle is to minimize my IP address changes. I run a mail server on a dynamic IP address and address changes cause me grief. As untangle updates there software which always happens my IP address would change as the PC reboots. Having a router hold the IP address while Untangle reboots works better for me.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I figured out there is no way to block out bound DNS port 53 using a RV082 router.
The reason I want to use a router at my edge instead of using a PC firewall like untangle is to minimize my IP address changes. I run a mail server on a dynamic IP address and address changes cause me grief. As untangle updates there software which always happens my IP address would change as the PC reboots. Having a router hold the IP address while Untangle reboots works better for me.

You'll have a horrific experience with reliable e-mail..especially when sending, if you're on a dynamic IP address. Reverse DNS/PTR will keep failing you...and many recipients e-mail servers will reject your e-mail.

Untangle only reboots for major program version upgrades (so you may see 1 reboot per year...or in 18 months)...not for minor revisions. If your Untangle box is rebooting more often than that...there's a hardware issue with it.

Really...mail server...upgrade to a static IP.