How to use a local DNS server with dd-wrt, and *not* use DNSMasq

Question

I have a DNS server running on a Windows Server machine that resolves some local domain names into local IP addresses.

I simply want to use the Windows DNS server. I do not want to use Dnsmasq. I don't want to maintain new domains through the router.

I did the following to attempt to achieve what I'm looking for:

1. I set a static IP for the local DNS server's machine.

2. I started the Windows DNS Server on that machine

3. Set a Forward Lookup Zone of lan.[ourdomain].com

4. Set two A records, one for wiki, one for pgadmin

5. I set Google's public DNS to be the forwarders for the Windows DNS

6. In dd-wrt, I set the DNS server's local ip to be the number one static DNS

7. I also set "Local DNS" in the Network Setup pane to be the local ip of the DNS server

What else should I be setting? Like I said, I'm trying to just have the router point at my local DNS server to resolve names, and then I'll have the DNS server forward unresolvable requests. I don't want to use Dnsmasq because I don't want to be managing DNS records on my router. Is this possible?

Here's a screenshot of the settings:

Answer 1

Have the windows DNS server do the forwarding. Point everything, including the router, solely at the windows dns server for DNS.

Systems dont always use their dns servers in a specific order, so having both your internal and some public resolvers in there causes problems. Only your windows dns server should talk to outside dns servers.