Setup of OpenDNS and dnsmasq (on Arch Linux)
OpenDNS
1. Stop auto update of /etc/resolv.conf by dhcpcd
dhcpcd is started from /etc/rc.d/network.
/etc/rc.d/network obtains the options of dhcpcd from /etc/conf.d/dhcpcd.
So, I edited /etc/conf.d/dhcpcd like this.
# /etc/conf.d/dhcpcd
DHCPCD_ARGS="-q --nohook resolv.conf"
2. Edit /etc/resolv.conf
Set OpenDNS server.
# /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220
3. Restart network
$ sudo /etc/rc.d/network restart
4. Check DNS
$ dig example.com |grep SERVER
;; SERVER: 208.67.222.222#53(208.67.222.222)
dnsmasq
1. Install dnsmasq
$ sudo pacman -Ss dnsmasq
$ sudo vi /etc/dnsmasq.conf
$ grep listen-address /etc/dnsmasq.conf
listen-address=127.0.0.1
$ sudo /etc/rc.d/dnsmasq start
And, I added dnsmasq to the DAEMONS line of /etc/rc.conf.
2. Edit /etc/resolv.conf
Add local dnsmasq server to top.
# /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220
3. Check DNS
$ dig example.com |grep SERVER
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)





