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PFSense - DNS - Forward a specific VLAN

Navigate to Services → DNS Resolver.

Add the following to the Custom Options.

server:
    access-control-view: 192.168.10.0/24 bypass
    access-control-view: 192.168.20.0/24 dnsbl
    access-control-view: 192.168.30.0/24 forward    
view:
    name: "bypass"
    view-first: yes
view:
    name: "dnsbl"
    view-first: yes
    include: /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.*conf
view:
    name: "forward"
    view-first: yes
    forward-addr: 1.1.1.1
    forward-addr: 8.8.8.8

NOTE: The forward view forwards requests to a couple of DNS servers on the Internet.

forward-addr: the list of nameservers to forward the queries to.

Unbound keeps track of the round-trip time per address and uses this information in the server selection. All addresses with an RTT of not more than 400msec above the lowest RTT are used for the selection. From

this list of suitable addresses one is randomly picked.