Dnsmasq server = awesome

Finally got around to setting up dnsmasq.

Set max dns cache size to 10000 (which i think is the max).

Using opendns and google dns (all 4 servers) with "strict-order" option turned OFF.

It's SOOOOOOO fast. I opened up my bookmarks and just started randomly clicking stuff and it instantly renders each page.

Also removed my old isc-dhcp-server package and switched to the built-in dhcp server inside dnsmasq.

Very happy with the results after finally getting around to this.

If you haven't done this yet, do it now.

I have to use dnsmasq or it randomly hangs on website loading.

Or use another IP in /etc/resolv.conf

It will have super slow DNS lookups if I use the router's IP in /etc/resolv.conf.

Even when the router isn't the problem! This is a strange bug.

I have been running DNSmasq on my firewall (running debian) has been rock solid since I set it up 4 months ago.

I also have it serving PXE boot of Ubuntu netinstall images.

I have been using "all-servers" over strict ordering


I haven't ran any benchmarks to test weather its faster than strict ordering.