TomatoUSB

I simply want to replace the ISP acquired DNS with the two UnblockUS provided DNS. Getting Netflix across my home network in Australia is a pain without it.

With the Billion its pretty straight forward but changing the WAN DNS does not look as easy. Unless I am missing something it appears a little more complex than the Billion.

Would someone be able to shed some light on how use an externally supplied DNS with TomatoUSB. I am running Tomato Firmware v1.28.9054 MIPSR2-beta K26 USB Ext.

I genuinely appreciate any input into this post as it will also be a great learning exercise on the firmware.

Much thanks in advance.

Perhaps you are just looking in the wrong place, the "Static DNS" entries are under LAN, because they are for requests from the LAN. There are extra setting under advanced dhcp/dns server. You should start with the default to use the "internal dns", untick "Use received DNS with user-entered DNS" which means ISP dns servers are ignored if you've entered static ones, can also ensure all standard dns requests are diverted to the local dns server by selecting "Intercept DNS port".

if you want to use more than 3 servers which the web gui effectively imposes you can add them to the dnsmasq custom config (and router then uses whichever best based on its internal algorithm), for example:-

# OpenDNS
server=208.67.222.222
server=208.67.220.220
# UltraDNS
server=156.154.70.1
server=156.154.71.1
# DNSResolvers
server=205.210.42.205
server=64.68.200.200
# Google
server=8.8.8.8
server=8.8.4.4
# BT
server=62.6.40.162
server=194.74.65.68

Thanks mstombs, is exaxctly what I needed.

You nailed what I meant perfectly.

I will add the Unblock-US DNS server addresses like your example.

I am assuming that it is possible to associate say a URL to a DNS server?

I imagine that would work so it would just use the Unblock-US DNS for netflix . com and then everything else it would use the other DNS servers?

Thanks again mstombs, you help is greatly and genuinely appreciated.

I am assuming that it is possible to associate say a URL to a DNS server? I imagine that would work so it would just use the Unblock-US DNS for netflix . com and then everything else it would use the other DNS servers?

You need to look at the documentation for dnsmasq. Probably a google "man dnsmasq" will get you the info you are looking for.

Since I am trusted to post links - it looks like dnsmasq can do exactly what you want with mods to that server= line

http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html#lbAE

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If you watch only netflix and hulu, no need to spend $5/month like that. I'm using trickbyte.com it's only $2.99/month. You can save money and get the get the great quality.

I use trickbyte for almost 5 months now and no issue so far.