Document that a primary nameserver is exclusive on Windows - #950
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A peer with a primary nameserver now gets a Name Resolution Policy Table rule covering every namespace, so all resolution goes through NetBird and nowhere else. Without it Windows queries every adapter's resolvers in parallel and keeps whichever answer arrives first, which leaks queries to the local network and lets another resolver answer for a name NetBird is authoritative for. Two consequences worth knowing before it surprises someone: - Zones only the local network resolves stop working while connected, unless they are declared as match domains. A more specific rule takes precedence, so declaring the zone is the fix. `.local` is exempt, so multicast DNS is unaffected. - Short names depend on which adapter's suffix Windows tries first, and it stops at the first "no such name" rather than continuing down the list. On domain-joined machines the machine's own domain wins that first attempt, so a short name can fail while its fully qualified form resolves. Placed next to the existing macOS note in the same section, since both are about what a primary nameserver does beyond catching unmatched queries, and next to the existing warning about emptying match domains, which the suffix caveat explains the other half of. Also documents NB_USE_LEGACY_DNS_RESOLUTION, which restores the old behaviour on a peer.
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In `@src/pages/manage/dns/internal-dns-servers.mdx`:
- Around line 119-121: Update the Note explaining the Windows short-name
workaround to state that the match-domain nameserver must also have search
domains enabled, while preserving the existing recommendation to use the fully
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| On Windows, whether a short name resolves depends on the order in which the DNS client tries each adapter's suffixes: it stops at the first suffix that answers "no such name" rather than trying the rest. When the machine's own domain is tried before NetBird's — usual on domain-joined machines — a short name fails even though its fully qualified form resolves. Use the fully qualified name, or move the zone behind a match domain nameserver. | ||
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Require search domains in the short-name workaround.
Line 113 states that short-name expansion requires Mark match domains as search domains. The recommendation at Line 120 only says to use a match-domain nameserver. If a reader does not enable search domains, the short name can still fail. State that the match-domain nameserver must have search domains enabled.
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-Use the fully qualified name, or move the zone behind a match domain nameserver.
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| On Windows, whether a short name resolves depends on the order in which the DNS client tries each adapter's suffixes: it stops at the first suffix that answers "no such name" rather than trying the rest. When the machine's own domain is tried before NetBird's — usual on domain-joined machines — a short name fails even though its fully qualified form resolves. Use the fully qualified name, or move the zone behind a match domain nameserver. | |
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| On Windows, whether a short name resolves depends on the order in which the DNS client tries each adapter's suffixes: it stops at the first suffix that answers "no such name" rather than trying the rest. When the machine's own domain is tried before NetBird's — usual on domain-joined machines — a short name fails even though its fully qualified form resolves. Use the fully qualified name, or move the zone behind a match domain nameserver with search domains enabled. | |
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In `@src/pages/manage/dns/internal-dns-servers.mdx` around lines 119 - 121, Update
the Note explaining the Windows short-name workaround to state that the
match-domain nameserver must also have search domains enabled, while preserving
the existing recommendation to use the fully qualified name or configure the
match-domain nameserver.
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A peer with a primary nameserver now gets a Name Resolution Policy Table rule covering every namespace, so all resolution goes through NetBird and nowhere else. Without it Windows queries every adapter's resolvers in parallel and keeps whichever answer arrives first, which leaks queries to the local network and lets another resolver answer for a name NetBird is authoritative for.
Two consequences worth knowing before it surprises someone:
.localis exempt, so multicast DNS is unaffected.Placed next to the existing macOS note in the same section, since both are about what a primary nameserver does beyond catching unmatched queries, and next to the existing warning about emptying match domains, which the suffix caveat explains the other half of.
Also documents NB_USE_LEGACY_DNS_RESOLUTION, which restores the old behaviour on a peer.
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.localdomains, local-only zones, and name resolution policies.