Android DNS - doesn't use nameserver on LAN?

[#1]

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@MJN wrote:
Is this DNS server one you've written yourself? If so you really ought to have made that clear from the outset!

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Yes. Both are custom written. Sorry I thought I'd made that clear but reading the op again I can see where the confusion could arise. Most here know I've been working on this for a while hence I didn't think about clarifying that as clearly as I should have.

Anyway iis working now! I had given up but tried a 14 day trial of simple DNS and noticed that android did take notice of DNS replies so armed with that new found knowledge I realised it can be done, I just needed to dig further. 

[#2]

No worries; I only pop in from time to time so don't have my finger on the pulse of who gets up to what!

[#3]

Writting your own DHCP Server and your own DNS Server, with its own GUI, someone has way to much free time on their hands

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There aren't many free windows offerings for either server so I figured I might as well come up with my own. At least that way I can add extra functionality that I may need in the future. Plus it was a good exercise in dealing with bits and bytes in their raw format along with data packets etc.

Now I just need to make both programs available for free online and gain a user base to help me towards a better future..

[#5]

What about BIND? It is practically ubiquitous and with nearly 30 years of history rather well developed!

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Last time I looked at bind it didn't run on Windows and I'm not overly keen on Linux.

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Yeah, Windows too.

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Last time i looked into bind was 2010. Now that you've mentioned it I may have looked at a windows option but for whatever reason decided it wasn't right for me (to be honest, i really can't remember).

Anyway experience has taught me that I am easily frustrated with pre-existing solutions as I can never quite find the right features that I need - thats why i've also been working on a mail server which will accept mail and transfer it via http to my webmail or any other script that i need it to work with.

Also I doubt bind would work dynamically from a usb drive which is functionality that I need for my WAMP setup. With my own solution I can create a server that is designed to run portably instead of being installed. As long as it works reliably for me i'm happy with it.