DNS static -> FWD does not work until cache clear. FWD on end of VPN

RouterOS General
1

Static FWD to an active directory server at the end of an L2TP link does not work until I flush the DNS cache.

I suspect the request fails because internet and l2tp are not up, so a request fails, and somehow this failure is cached. However I don’t see anything in the cache relating to ourcompany.local. but until I click clear-cache, it doesn’t work. problems returns after router reboot of course.

2

try not to use “.local”

this often conflicts with mDNS/”bonjour” imolementations, especially Apple’s

is it possible to move to e.g. “.lan” :man_shrugging:?

edit:

solved an issue in dns for me which played out in a similar “misbehaving”

3

unfortunately, no. This is an active directory domain, where .local is typical convention, and can’t easily be changed at this point anyway.