[Edit: this question came out of my confusion. I thought Unbound could somehow substitute DNS servers (like CloudFlare), but it can’t. Apologies for my ignorance.]

I’ve often heard about Unbound, and the possibility of using it as a DNS resolver on my laptop. So, to be clear, not as a DNS resolver in a local network; just in a single machine, also because I’d like to use it no matter where I bring my laptop.

The instructions given in the second link above seem quite complete. Does anyone here have other tips or experiences to share? I’m with Ubuntu on a Thinkpad.

Cheers!

  • stravanasu@lemmy.caOP
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    16 days ago

    Thank you, I see the advantages of a network approach. In my case it’s just two laptops in my network, and I’m also thinking of the case when I’m using the laptop in some other networks.

    • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      15 days ago

      If you only have 2 laptops and they are both going to search externsl DNS, then there’s probably still no point in local DNS

      To refer to each other - presuming they have static IPs - just update their /etc/hosts with the other device’s IP address and that will speed things up