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--- networking:router:build_a_router [2021/02/03 22:59] – peter
+++ networking:router:build_a_router [2021/02/03 23:05] (current) – [Configure /etc/resolv.conf] peter
@@ Line 110: / Line 110: @@
 forward-zone:
   name: "."
-  forward-addr: 1.2.3.4  # IP of the upstream resolver
+  forward-addr: 1.2.3.4  # IP of the upstream resolver.
 </file>
 <WRAP info>
 **NOTE:**  The above configuration assumes that the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet is used for the wired clients and 192.168.2.0/24 for the wireless.
+</WRAP>
+----
+===== Configure /etc/resolv.conf =====
+<file bash /etc/resolv.conf>
+nameserver 127.0.0.1
+nameserver 1.2.3.4
+search localdomain
+</file>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**
+  * **nameserver 127.0.0.1**:  Needed as the router is using the caching resolver.
+  * **nameserver 1.2.3.4**:  The IP of the DNS Resolver.
-**NOTE:**  If the router is using the caching resolver, its /etc/resolv.conf file should contain nameserver 127.0.0.1.
 </WRAP>