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Even if you do that, there’s some devices (Chromecast, Google Home) that have Google’s DNS hardcoded and ignores the servers passed by DHCP.
by Nas808 7y ago
Even if you do that, there’s some devices (Chromecast, Google Home) that have Google’s DNS hardcoded and ignores the servers passed by DHCP.
- sgroppino 7y agoThis is terrible. What prevents them from doing the same to android phones and tablets?
- sgroppino 7y agoWhat happens if you set your firewall to block 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4?
- SamuelAdams 7y agoIt bricks the device. See these previous discussions. [1]: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/dnsop/WCVv57IizUSjNb2RQNP84fBclI0 https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/dnsop/WCVv57IizUSjNb2R... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19170671 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19170671
- amaccuish 7y agoYou can use an iptables rule on your router to rewrite the address to your custom server, which I have done specifically because Google devices were ignoring DHCP. Something like... iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 53 -j DNAT --to x.x.x.x:53 ...should work, and repeat for tcp