Local dns rewrite problems on android
from marci@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 23 Oct 11:15
https://lemmy.world/post/37759927

I have some services set up which i make available with tailscale and a domain name outside my lan. Inside my home network i set up adguard dns rewrites to use the same domain for devices which are not on my tailnet. I disabled dns rebind protection in my fritzbox for these domains.

Now my problem: I don’t leave my phone connected to tailscale all of the time because of high battery drain. Inside of my wifi the phone should still be able to access my services using the domain, but it is only able some of the time. My work laptop (not on my tailnet) is able to access the services.

Is the dns cached somehow in android? Is the private dns setting of android overwriting the dns i configured in my router? Where else could the problem lie? Any hints are appreciated :)

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rtxn@lemmy.world on 23 Oct 12:08 collapse

private dns setting of android

Probably. If that setting is enabled, Android (including Graphene) defaults to 8.8.8.8 if the higher-priority DNS servers (manual or received from DHCP) don’t support DNS-over-TLS or DNS-over-HTTPS.

marci@lemmy.world on 25 Oct 07:11 collapse

I disabled private dns and it seemed to work yesterday, but today i can not connect to my services again. Any other ideas on how to pin down the issue?

rtxn@lemmy.world on 25 Oct 07:22 collapse

Install Termux, then use either the dig or nslookup command to query the DNS name, and check which DNS server is queried. If it’s the private server’s address, you might be having connectivity issues. If it’s 100.100.100.100, the resolver is still trying to query Tailscale’s MagicDNS.