DNS Director or DNS WAN

[Zaka7]

Hi All,

I set up my BE86u yesterday and am running the latest Merlin software for it. Everything seems to be working flawlessly.

I have however been lurking these forums as usual, and see that a few people have the same set up as me, i.e. using Quad9 for their DNS.

My question is I have simply set DNS Director to direct all devices on my main network and guest network to the defauly Quad9 selection built into Merlin software. Is this the right thing to do? My WAN DNS settings do not look like others, this is not set to Quad9 as well, I assumed DNS director overrode this setting (unless set to router) Is this understanding correct or do I need to do the WAN DNS also?

Thanks in advance!

 

[ColinTaylor]

Set your WAN DNS Server to Quad9. Set DNS Director > Global Redirection to Router.

 

[Zaka7]

Set your WAN DNS Server to Quad9. Set DNS Director > Global Redirection to Router.

Thanks, I'll do that and then change global to Router on both the main network and guest network.

Just for my understanding, Is there a reason for this? I just assumed DNS director's built in lists would override any other setting anyway?

 

[ColinTaylor]

I just assumed DNS director's built in lists would override any other setting anyway?

DNS Director is a standalone feature. Changing DNS Director's settings doesn't change any of the other router settings.

The purpose of DNS Director is to silently intercept and redirect DNS queries from devices that ignore or try to circumvent the router's suggested DNS servers (LAN - DHCP Server). Ideally you want your LAN clients to use the router as their DNS server. Then if the router cannot resolve the query it is forwarded to the WAN DNS servers.

 

[Zaka7]

DNS Director is a standalone feature. Changing DNS Director's settings doesn't change any of the other router settings.

The purpose of DNS Director is to silently intercept and redirect DNS queries from devices that ignore or try to circumvent the router's suggested DNS servers (LAN - DHCP Server). Ideally you want your LAN clients to use the router as their DNS server. Then if the router cannot resolve the query it is forwarded to the WAN DNS servers.

Thank you. I shall set that up when home this evening then!