alt Hacker NewsNever liked using dnsmasq. Always felt like too much in one tool. A local caching resolver, dhcp server, and tftp/pxe boot setup were always things I preferred to configure separately.
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cwillu • yesterday at 9:48 PM
That line of thinking is exactly why I ended up using maradns for my dns hosting way back.
10/10, no regrets, would recommend.
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koyote • yesterday at 11:55 PM
I agree, it also goes against the Linux "way of doing things". For example, Opnsense uses the dhcp portions of dnsmasq only (and unbound for the dns parts) which just feels 'wrong'.
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That's kinda the point. It is "i run a small router" app in a box.
DHCP and DNS are connected, PXE requires DHCP entries, so to do a simple setup you'd need to glue together at least 3 daemons otherwise, all with different config syntax